Changes between Version 25 and Version 26 of BuildingQtOnWindows

Timestamp:

Feb 25, 2010 2:04:57 AM (14 years ago)

Author:

jocelyn.turcotte@nokia.com

Comment:

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BuildingQtOnWindows

@@ -25 +25 @@
  * Open for example a Qt Command Prompt from the Start Menu.[[BR]]You need an MSVC or MinGW command line environment that matches the version of Qt you downloaded.[[BR]]Note that building inside Cygwin or MSYS is currently not supported. Please use a Windows command prompt.
  * Change into the WebKit source tree
- * Run {{{perl WebKitTools\Scripts\build-webkit --qt}}}
+ * Run {{{perl WebKitTools\Scripts\build-webkit --qt --release}}}
  * Wait :)
  * Try to run WebKitBuild\Release\bin\QtLauncher.exe
@@ -32 +32 @@
 
  * If you want to compile using multiple cores:
-   * On MinGW use build-webkit's --makeargs option: {{{perl WebKitTools\Scripts\build-webkit --qt --makeargs=-j4}}}
+   * On MinGW you can try {{{set MAKE_COMMAND=mingw32-make -j%NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS%}}}.[[BR]] If this do not work you might have to Ctrl-C {{{build-webkit}}}'s execution, go in the WebKitBuild\Release\ directory and run {{{mingw32-make -C WebCore -f Makefile.Release -j%NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS% && mingw32-make}}}
    * On MSVC use the CL environment variable along with the /MP switch: {{{set CL= /MP}}}
  * If you can't access HTTPS pages and you compiled Qt from sources, make sure that you configured it with OpenSSL support. You will need the non-light version of [http://www.slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html Win32 OpenSSL] libraries.
@@ -61 +61 @@
   11. Build the patched webkit (release mode):
     `$perl WebKitTools\Scripts\build-webkit --qt --release`
-  12. The webkit build takes forever, so if you have more than one CPU on your machine you should use `--makeargs=-j4` (for 4 CPUs). This will speed up the build no end. Other recommendations are `--no-svg`. There is even a `--minimal` flag available in recent webkit versions:
+  12. The webkit build takes forever, you can shorten it using the build-webkit's `--no-svg` or `--minimal` flags:
 {{{
-    $perl WebKitTools\Scripts\build-webkit --qt --release --makeargs=-j4
     $perl WebKitTools\Scripts\build-webkit --qt --release --no-svg
     $perl WebKitTools\Scripts\build-webkit --qt --release --minimal