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authorOswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@qt.io>2017-02-08 20:39:04 +0100
committerOswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@qt.io>2017-02-22 07:46:16 +0000
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don't make false promises about configure FOO=bar assignments
they don't actually override values from pkg-config. Change-Id: I00bc7f4bcbfb4e036cb1ac9fa842d68523f54605 Reviewed-by: Lars Knoll <lars.knoll@qt.io>
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Usage: configure [options] [assignments]
Configure understands variable assignments like VAR=value on the command line.
-These override any values possibly obtained from pkg-config. The variables
-are mentioned in the descriptions of the options they relate to.
+The variables are mentioned in the descriptions of the options they relate to.
It is also possible to manipulate any QMAKE_* variable, to amend the values
from the mkspec for the build of Qt itself, e.g., QMAKE_CXXFLAGS+=-g3.