QT 4.8 configure needs user input: should be mentionned in the book

[Pierre Labastie]

When running configure for QT 4.8 as per the book instructions, the script asks whether you want to use an opensource or commercial licence, then waits for the user to enter 'o' or 'c'. This can be avoided by passing the -opensource switch.

Then the script asks the user to type 'yes' to accept the GNU licences. I have not found a switch to avoid that... Maybe it could be mentionned in the book that if you want to script the build, you have to report to Chapter 2 Important information->Notes on building software

Regards Pierre

[ken@…]

I agree that passing -opensource is a good idea. With that included, you only have to reply yes, so it's possible to reprise the old-style way of scripting it:

yes | ./configure -opensource -release ...

Thanks for reminding me that I need to comment in the wiki about how to clean up the rubbish it scatters across /usr (if you build there instead of /opt), and about sedding the .pc files to be usable (they point to the build tree).

[rt]

Fixed in r9852.

[bdubbs@…]

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