From 0b1ecbf29aa8ec299ad49b01af93d50cbb456730 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 10:00:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Edit info about the configuration system
Remove an obsolete note and move the description of the
-developer-build option to its own section, now that it
is not mentioned in the topic about -prefix builds any more.
Fixes: QTBUG-63017
Change-Id: Icd4f4477278990bb76b8862a6c0b5632090095bf
Reviewed-by: Paul Wicking <paul.wicking@qt.io>
---
doc/src/configure.qdoc | 17 +++++++----------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/configure.qdoc b/doc/src/configure.qdoc
index 5389fcc1..a6517bbb 100644
--- a/doc/src/configure.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/configure.qdoc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/****************************************************************************
**
-** Copyright (C) 2017 The Qt Company Ltd.
+** Copyright (C) 2019 The Qt Company Ltd.
** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/
**
** This file is part of the documentation of the Qt Toolkit.
@@ -80,15 +80,6 @@
make install
\endcode
- \note The 'make install' step is required only if Qt is configured with a
- \e -prefix, which is the default on Unix-based platforms unless the
- \e -developer-build configure option is used. On Windows, Qt is configured
- as a non-prefix build by default.
-
- \note The \c -developer-build is meant for developing Qt and not for
- shipping applications. Such a build contains more exported symbols than
- a standard build and compiles with a higher warning level.
-
\section1 Modules and Features
Qt consists of different \l{All Modules}{modules} whose sources can be
@@ -281,4 +272,10 @@
dynamically switch between the available options at runtime. For more
details about the benefits of using dynamic GL-switching, see
\l{Graphics Drivers}.
+
+ \section1 Developer Builds
+
+ The \c -developer-build option is not meant for shipping applications,
+ but can be used for developing Qt. Such a build contains more exported
+ symbols than a standard build and compiles with a higher warning level.
*/
--
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