Re: question about meta/class/qmake-base.bbclass

[Kang Kai <Kai.Kang@windriver.com>]

On 2011年08月23日 02:46, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> On Monday 22 August 2011 10:42:42 Kang Kai wrote:
>> When I read the file  meta/class/qmake-base.bbclass, I find that that
>> are 2 lines:
>>       unset QMAKESPEC || true
>>       ${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} -makefile -spec ${QMAKESPEC} -o Makefile
>> $QMAKE_VARSUBST_PRE $AFTER $PROFILES $QMAKE_VARSUBST_POST || die "Error
>> calling ${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} on $PROFILES"
>>
>> I am confused that why unset QMAKESPEC first and then use it a argument
>> for qmake?
> It's not obvious, but think that the difference here is between $QMAKESPEC and
> ${QMAKESPEC} - the first one is a reference to an environment variable, the
> second is a reference to an OE/BitBake variable. So "unset QMAKESPEC" is just
> clearing out the environment variable; ${QMAKESPEC} would still have a value.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
Hi Paul,

Thanks for your detailed answer.

Regards,
Kai