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| author | Ivan Komissarov <abbapoh@gmail.com> | 2021-10-18 10:49:21 +0300 |
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| committer | Ivan Komissarov <ABBAPOH@gmail.com> | 2021-10-19 23:01:55 +0000 |
| commit | c88ed67afbc4a4d119f08a1d27030a78c85ed245 (patch) | |
| tree | fe0293654b523d1e465206299c1674c139e96d7c | |
| parent | c0277527d996156304324e9cadd25affc98b7428 (diff) | |
| download | qbs-c88ed67afbc4a4d119f08a1d27030a78c85ed245.tar.gz | |
doc: clarify that app is not runnable
... unless rpaths are set. Also, link Running Applications page with
the "qbs run" docs.
Change-Id: If981555cb617324d45408d98f7f5bc61ba737eaf
Reviewed-by: Christian Kandeler <christian.kandeler@qt.io>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/qbs.qdoc | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/qbs.qdoc b/doc/qbs.qdoc index ef5e71081..b44ba5880 100644 --- a/doc/qbs.qdoc +++ b/doc/qbs.qdoc @@ -1618,8 +1618,7 @@ \title Running Applications - By default, running an application also builds it and installs it to a - location from where it can be run on the desktop or on a device. + Qbs has the convenience \l{run}{qbs run} command that simplifies running applications. For example, entering the following command runs the Qt Creator application: @@ -1627,7 +1626,16 @@ qbs run --products qtcreator \endcode - This command also builds and installs the product, if necessary. + By default, running an application also builds it and installs it to a + location from where it can be run on the desktop or on a device. Also, this command + \l{Module::setupRunEnvironment}{sets up} the environment so that the application can find + dependent libraries. + + This is not the case when running the binary manually - you'll have to make sure that the + app will find its dependencies and/or is relocatable. You can achieve that by + \l{How do I make use of rpaths?}{configuring rpaths} properly or setting the appropriate + environment variable for the respective host system. + */ /*! |