[Buildroot] Qt QtUiTools

[Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>]

On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 09:58:50 +0100
mailing list <mailinglist@gatt.me> wrote:

> I've recently used the Qt build of buildroot and noticed that I
> couldn't use QUiLoader, I had to add "-make tools" to the configure
> line to compile the necessary libraries so that I could use these
> functions. I don't believe it affects the rootfs size (although I
> have to admit I didn't run a test), but the extra functionality gets
> compiled into the executable if i understand it correctly. It will
> however increase build time. No other libraries require copying
> across.
> 
> I was wondering if it would be worth adding this as an option to
> menuconfig so that it can be built if required.

I don't know what QtUiTools are, but if it's useful for you, it's
probably useful for others as well. So, yes, having this as a
menuconfig option makes sense.

Could you submit a patch that implements this ?

Thanks,

Thomas
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