Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] Qt static codec dependencies

[Mark Brand]

On 06/29/2011 01:34 AM, Volker Grabsch wrote:
> Nikos Chantziaras schrieb:
> > On 06/28/2011 07:54 PM, René Berber wrote:
> > > Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> > >
> > > >     #include<QtPlugin>
> > > >     Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(qcncodecs)
> > > >     Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(qjpcodecs)
> > > >     Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(qtwcodecs)
> > > >     Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(qkrcodecs)
> > > Hold on, plugins only work if your application uses dynamic linking [...]
> > No, the above is specifically for static Qt builds.  It won't work
> > with a shared Qt.  See:
> >
> > http://doc.qt.nokia.com/latest/plugins-howto.html#static-plugins
> Note that our tutorial points to almost the same site:
>
>       http://mingw-cross-env.nongnu.org/#tutorial
>       "Step 5c: Cross compile your Project (Qt)"

That's right. But the difference now is that QtCore itself introduces 
dependencies on those codec plugins, so *all* Qt applications will need 
to do this. This might be puzzling to people trying mingw-cross-env for 
the first time. I'm thinking about ways to improve the situation.

Mark