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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#############################################################################
+##
+## Copyright (C) 2012 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+## Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/legal
+##
+## This file is part of the release tools of the Qt Toolkit.
+##
+## $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
+## Commercial License Usage
+## Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+## accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+## Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+## a written agreement between you and Digia. For licensing terms and
+## conditions see http://qt.digia.com/licensing. For further information
+## use the contact form at http://qt.digia.com/contact-us.
+##
+## GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+## Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+## General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+## Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+## packaging of this file. Please review the following information to
+## ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+## will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+##
+## In addition, as a special exception, Digia gives you certain additional
+## rights. These rights are described in the Digia Qt LGPL Exception
+## version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+##
+## GNU General Public License Usage
+## Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU
+## General Public License version 3.0 as published by the Free Software
+## Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.GPL included in the
+## packaging of this file. Please review the following information to
+## ensure the GNU General Public License version 3.0 requirements will be
+## met: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.
+##
+##
+## $QT_END_LICENSE$
+##
+#############################################################################
+
+import os
+import sys
+import urllib
+import bldinstallercommon
+import zipfile
+
+SCRIPT_ROOT_DIR = os.getcwd()
+QT_SRC_URL = ''
+QT_SRC_ZIP = ''
+QT_SRC_DIR = SCRIPT_ROOT_DIR
+QT_PKG_NAME = ''
+CONFIGURE_OPTIONS = '-opensource -debug-and-release -release -nomake tests -confirm-license'
+CONFIGURE_CMD = 'configure'
+
+
+
+###############################
+# function
+###############################
+def print_wrap(text):
+ print 'QT5CONF_EXE: ' + text
+
+
+###############################
+# function
+###############################
+def init():
+ if bldinstallercommon.is_win_platform() == False:
+ print_wrap(' *** Error: Not a windows platform, can not create configure.exe! Exiting...')
+ sys.exit(-1)
+
+ print_wrap('Emptying the working directory...')
+ contents = os.listdir(QT_SRC_DIR)
+ if len(contents) > 0:
+ for item in contents:
+ print_wrap(' Deleting ' + item)
+ if os.path.isdir(item):
+ bldinstallercommon.remove_tree(item)
+ else:
+ os.remove(item)
+ else:
+ print_wrap(' Nothing to delete.')
+
+
+###############################
+# function
+###############################
+def parse_cmd_line():
+ global QT_SRC_URL
+
+ print_wrap('---------------- Parsing commandline arguments ---------------------')
+ arg_count = len(sys.argv)
+ if arg_count < 2:
+ print_help()
+ sys.exit(-1)
+ #Parse command line options
+ for item in sys.argv[1:]:
+ #url for the sources
+ if item.find('src_url') >= 0:
+ values = item.split('=')
+ QT_SRC_URL = values[1]
+ print_wrap(' Qt source dir set to: ' + QT_SRC_URL)
+
+ print_wrap('---------------------------------------------------------------------')
+ return True
+
+
+###############################
+# function
+###############################
+def fetch_src_package():
+ global QT_SRC_ZIP
+ QT_SRC_ZIP = os.path.normpath(SCRIPT_ROOT_DIR + os.sep + os.path.basename(QT_SRC_URL))
+ print_wrap('---------------- Fetching Qt src package ---------------------------')
+ # check first if package on local file system
+ if not os.path.isfile(QT_SRC_ZIP):
+ if not bldinstallercommon.is_content_url_valid(QT_SRC_URL):
+ print_wrap('*** Qt src package url: [' + QT_SRC_URL + '] is invalid! Abort!')
+ sys.exit(-1)
+ print_wrap(' Downloading: ' + QT_SRC_URL)
+ print_wrap(' into: ' + QT_SRC_ZIP)
+ # start download
+ urllib.urlretrieve(QT_SRC_URL, QT_SRC_ZIP, reporthook=bldinstallercommon.dlProgress)
+ else:
+ print_wrap('Found local package, using that: ' + QT_SRC_ZIP)
+ print_wrap('--------------------------------------------------------------------')
+
+
+###############################
+# function
+###############################
+def extract_src_package():
+ global QT_SRC_DIR
+ global QT_PKG_NAME
+
+ print_wrap('---------------- Extracting source package -------------------------')
+
+ contents_before = os.listdir(QT_SRC_DIR)
+ bldinstallercommon.extract_file(QT_SRC_ZIP, QT_SRC_DIR)
+
+ contents_after = os.listdir(QT_SRC_DIR)
+ items_b = len(contents_before)
+ items_a = len(contents_after)
+ if items_b < items_a:
+ print_wrap(' Source package extracted.')
+ for item in contents_after:
+ if os.path.isdir(item):
+ QT_SRC_DIR = QT_SRC_DIR + os.sep + item
+ QT_PKG_NAME = item
+ print_wrap(' Source dir: ' + QT_SRC_DIR)
+ else:
+ print_wrap('*** Unsupported directory structure!!!')
+ sys.exit(-1)
+
+ print_wrap('--------------------------------------------------------------------')
+
+
+###############################
+# function
+###############################
+def configure_qt():
+ print_wrap('----------------------- Configuring qt -----------------------------')
+ cmd_args = CONFIGURE_CMD + ' ' + CONFIGURE_OPTIONS
+ gitignore = QT_SRC_DIR + os.sep + 'qtbase' + os.sep + '.gitignore'
+ open(gitignore, 'w').close()
+ bldinstallercommon.do_execute_sub_process(cmd_args.split(' '), QT_SRC_DIR, True)
+ print_wrap('--------------------------------------------------------------------')
+
+
+###############################
+# function
+###############################
+def archive_configure_exe():
+ print_wrap('------------- Adding configure.exe to the archive -------------------')
+ archive = os.path.basename(QT_SRC_ZIP)
+ zip_archive_file = zipfile.ZipFile(archive, "a" )
+ exe_location = QT_SRC_DIR + os.sep + 'qtbase' + os.sep + 'configure.exe'
+ exe_in_zip = QT_PKG_NAME + '\\qtbase\\configure.exe'
+ zip_archive_file.write(exe_location, exe_in_zip, zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED )
+ zip_archive_file.close()
+ print_wrap('--------------------------------------------------------------------')
+
+
+###############################
+# function
+###############################
+def main():
+ # init
+ bldinstallercommon.init_common_module(SCRIPT_ROOT_DIR)
+ # init build, check that script is run in Windows
+ init()
+ # parse cmd line
+ parse_cmd_line()
+ # fetch src package
+ fetch_src_package()
+ # extract src package
+ extract_src_package()
+ # configure
+ configure_qt()
+ # add configure.exe to the zip
+ archive_configure_exe()
+
+###############################
+# function
+###############################
+main()