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From: Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 16:32:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Doc: Describe using earlier Qt versions to build Qt WebEngine
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Change-Id: I631db98327497400d6cc5cdf7c5b862d8e588651
Task-number: QTBUG-64547
Reviewed-by: Michael Brüning <michael.bruning@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: Kai Koehne <kai.koehne@qt.io>
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.../doc/src/qtwebengine-platform-notes.qdoc | 14 ++++++++++++++
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diff --git a/src/webengine/doc/src/qtwebengine-platform-notes.qdoc b/src/webengine/doc/src/qtwebengine-platform-notes.qdoc
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@@ -112,6 +112,20 @@
\note Qt WebEngine cannot be built for the 32-bit mode of \macos (using the
\c macx-clang-32 \c mkspec).
+ \section1 Using Earlier Qt Versions to Build Qt WebEngine
+
+ Building Qt WebEngine with earlier Qt versions (down to the last LTS
+ version) is supported. It means that Qt WebEngine 5.11 can be built with
+ Qt 5.9.x, Qt 5.10.x, and Qt 5.11.
+
+ To use an earlier Qt version to build Qt Webengine:
+
+ \list 1
+ \li Download the qtwebengine sources.
+ \li From the earlier Qt version, run
+ \c {qmake && make (&& make install)}.
+ \endlist
+
\section1 Mac App Store Compatibility
Applications using Qt WebEngine are not compatible with the Mac App Store, because:
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