Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] Qt static codec dependencies

[Mark Brand]

Mark Brand
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On 06/29/2011 09:03 AM, Mark Brand wrote:
> On 06/29/2011 01:34 AM, Volker Grabsch wrote:
> > Nikos Chantziaras schrieb:
> > > On 06/28/2011 07:54 PM, René Berber wrote:
> > > > Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >     #include<QtPlugin>
> > > > >     Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(qcncodecs)
> > > > >     Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(qjpcodecs)
> > > > >     Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(qtwcodecs)
> > > > >     Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(qkrcodecs)
> > > > Hold on, plugins only work if your application uses dynamic linking 
> > > > [...]
> > > No, the above is specifically for static Qt builds.  It won't work
> > > with a shared Qt.  See:
> > >
> > > http://doc.qt.nokia.com/latest/plugins-howto.html#static-plugins
> > Note that our tutorial points to almost the same site:
> >
> >       http://mingw-cross-env.nongnu.org/#tutorial
> >       "Step 5c: Cross compile your Project (Qt)"
>
> That's right. But the difference now is that QtCore itself introduces 
> dependencies on those codec plugins, so *all* Qt applications will 
> need to do this. This might be puzzling to people trying 
> mingw-cross-env for the first time. I'm thinking about ways to improve 
> the situation.

I think I have a good solution for this.

http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/mingw-cross-env/rev/33a76ea753c6

The static codec plugin dependencies now come automatically with QtCore 
so the the user doesn't not have to worry about this for each application.

Comments are welcome.

regards,

Mark