how to avoid creating Makefile for an subdir

[hashb]

Hi ,

Before compile my program ,I need to compile a 3rd party library,but it is not writen in QT ,it has a Makefile to build itself . so if I write a pro file like this:

TEMPLATE = subdirs
SUBDIRS += image myapp

image directory is the 3rd party library,

then qmake,make
it always report "Cannot find file: image.pro"
if I write a pro file inside image, it will create a Makefile which will overwrite the original Makefile.

any suggestions?

Thanks in advance

[tbscope]

First, you should never use a Makefile generated by someone else.
It's a list of build instructions specific for one computer or even one situation.

You should always generate a Makefile yourself.
You can do that by either writing a .pro file and run qmake, or a configure file and run .configure, or a cmakelists file and run cmake, ...

QMake lets you run commands like configure or cmake and than build the code.

[hashb]

Hi tbscope,

Thank you very much for your reply.

the INSTALL file inside the 3rd library ,has following instructions,

#######################
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=_preferred_path_ ..
make
#######################

I want run the commands automatically before build my own QT app,how can I do that?



Thanks

---

Added after 5 minutes:

my directory structure is:

myapp
|
|__dir image(3rd library)
|__dir mylib1(depends on image)
|__dir mylib2
|__myapp.pro


myapp.pro
######################
TEMPLATE = subdirs
SUBDIRS += image mylib1 mylib2

Now I am wondering how to execute the commands metioned above if I use qmake and make

Thanks

[tbscope]

You could also write a small batch script.

But, if you want only .pro files, see this:
http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7/qmake-fu...system-command.

[hashb]

Great, it works!

myapp.pro
######################
system( cd image;./build.sh; )
TEMPLATE = subdirs
SUBDIRS += mylib1 mylib2

image/build.sh
###############
rm -rf build
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=_preferred_path_ ..
make


Thanks a lot ,tbscope!