app bundle name w/parentheses

[zaphod.b]

Hi all,

I successfully build and deploy an app bundle on OS X with a name all letters and possibly spaces.

Now if I try to include parentheses in the app name like


TARGET = x(y)z

the build fails with


/bin/sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
/bin/sh: -c: line 0: `test -d ../../bin/x(y)z.app/Contents || mkdir -p ../../bin/x(y)z.app/Contents'
make[2]: *** [../../bin/x(y)z.app/Contents/PkgInfo] Error 2
make[1]: *** [sub-app-make_first-ordered] Error 2
make: *** [sub-src-make_first] Error 2
17:15:02: The process "/usr/bin/make" exited with code 2.
Error while building/deploying project ribmetender (kit: Desktop Qt 5.3 clang 32bit)
When executing step 'Make'

Ok, mkdir in bash needs parentheses escaped or quoted, too. I tried these:


TARGET = x\(y\)z #same
TARGET = "x(y)z" #same
TARGET = "x\(y\)z" #same
TARGET = "x\\\(y\\\)z" #almost same: /bin/sh: -c: line 0: `test -d ../../bin/x/(y/)z.app/Contents || mkdir -p ../../bin/x/(y/)z.app/Contents'
TARGET = $$quote(x(y)z) #builds, Frameworks/ and PlugIns/ missing inside bundle, *but* MacOS/x(y)z is there!
TARGET = $$shell_quote(x(y)z) #same
TARGET = $$system_quote(x(y)z) #same


If I build the bundle to a TARGET without parentheses, then rename the executable afterwards by hand, the app runs just as well as before.

Any ideas how to automate this with qmake?

[bouchebeu]

Hey,

Try the following:


TARGET = $$re_escape(x(y)z)

re_espace is one of QMAKE's replace functions (http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/qmake-function-reference.html)

Hope this helps.