QMAKE-UTILS.ECLASS

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qmake-utils.eclass - Common functions for qmake-based packages.

Utility eclass providing wrapper functions for Qt qmake.

This eclass unconditionally inherits qt-utils.eclass and all its public helper functions may be considered as part of this eclass's API.

This eclass does not set any metadata variables nor export any phase functions. It can be inherited safely.

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qt5_get_bindir: Echoes the directory where Qt5 binaries are installed. EPREFIX is already prepended to the returned path.
qt5_get_headerdir: Echoes the directory where Qt5 headers are installed.
qt5_get_libdir: Echoes the directory where Qt5 libraries are installed.
qt5_get_mkspecsdir: Echoes the directory where Qt5 mkspecs are installed.
qt5_get_plugindir: Echoes the directory where Qt5 plugins are installed.
qt5_get_qmake_args: Echoes a multi-line string containing arguments to pass to qmake.
eqmake5 [arguments for qmake]: Wrapper for Qt5's qmake. All arguments are passed to qmake.
For recursive build systems, i.e. those based on the subdirs template, you should run eqmake5 on the top-level project file only, unless you have a valid reason to do otherwise. During the building, qmake will be automatically re-invoked with the right arguments on every directory specified inside the top-level project file.
qt6_get_qmake_args: Echoes a multi-line string containing arguments to pass to qmake.
eqmake6 [arguments for qmake]: Wrapper for Qt6's qmake. All arguments are passed to qmake.
For recursive build systems, i.e. those based on the subdirs template, you should run eqmake6 on the top-level project file only, unless you have a valid reason to do otherwise. During the building, qmake will be automatically re-invoked with the right arguments on every directory specified inside the top-level project file.

Davide Pesavento <pesa@gentoo.org>

qt@gentoo.org

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