From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Samuel Martin Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 20:44:54 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/3] manual: add faq entry explaining why Buildroot does not support Qt{4, 5} coexistence In-Reply-To: <1373222695-9148-1-git-send-email-s.martin49@gmail.com> References: <1373222695-9148-1-git-send-email-s.martin49@gmail.com> Message-ID: <1373222695-9148-2-git-send-email-s.martin49@gmail.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin --- docs/manual/faq-troubleshooting.txt | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/manual/faq-troubleshooting.txt b/docs/manual/faq-troubleshooting.txt index f91a8ef..d190d26 100644 --- a/docs/manual/faq-troubleshooting.txt +++ b/docs/manual/faq-troubleshooting.txt @@ -126,3 +126,18 @@ directory as the new root, will most likely fail. If you want to run the target filesystem inside a chroot, or as an NFS root, then use the tarball image generated in +images/+ and extract it as root. + +[[faq-why-qt4-qt5-cannot-coexist]] +Why Qt4 and Qt5 cannot coexist in Buildroot? +-------------------------------------------- + +Qt4 and Qt5 provide different set of APIs, so they are not equivalent. + +They usually may coexist on the same system, but not in Buildroot because +host-tools like +qmake+ are not properly handled between those two versions. + +This host-tools issue cause troubles when building projects or packages +using qmake (inside and outside Buildroot). + +Thus, there is an explicit choice for what version of Qt should be build by +Buildroot. -- 1.8.3.2