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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:36:15 -0400
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On 7/13/2011 1:16 AM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
>
> The other major distributions don't do this, and there's a reason why:
> a static Qt build is different from a shared one, and you can't install
> them both in the same place.

Well you just have to rename the static library.

> The Qt build is very configurable; you may want to consider disabling
> whichever components you don't need in order to save time.

I failed to see any "-no-example" option.  The script deletes all object 
files so running the script by trial and error is not an option.

> Needless to say, our Qt includes patches which fix all these errors.  I
> have yet to push these upstream, so in the meantime, please direct Qt
> bug reports to these lists.

I'm hoping I do not have any more bug to report.


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