From 6c75857c20972f0d65fc7d556b9dcd81e21060db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oswald Buddenhagen Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 13:30:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] configure: mention quoting requirements in the help text Change-Id: Id79548b8458dfa25fef17cb25688738bb719e7c5 Reviewed-by: Thiago Macieira --- config_help.txt | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/config_help.txt b/config_help.txt index 6b1401c6188..003752dbe7c 100644 --- a/config_help.txt +++ b/config_help.txt @@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ ICU_PREFIX=/opt/icu42 ICU_LIBS="-licui18n -licuuc -licudata". It is also possible to manipulate any QMAKE_* variable, to amend the values from the mkspec for the build of Qt itself, e.g., QMAKE_CXXFLAGS+=-g3. +Note that the *_LIBS* and QMAKE_* assignments manipulate lists, so items +containing meta characters (spaces in particular) need to be quoted according +to qmake rules. On top of that, the assignments as a whole need to be quoted +according to shell rules. It is recommended to use single quotes for the inner +quoting and double quotes for the outer quoting. + Top-level installation directories: -prefix ...... The deployment directory, as seen on the target device. [/usr/local/Qt-$QT_VERSION, $PWD if -developer-build]