[RFC,v4,1/5] package/qt6: Add qmake functionality

Message ID 20250901203210.804061-2-dario.binacchi@amarulasolutions.com
State New
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  • Support qmake for Qt6
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Commit Message

Dario Binacchi Sept. 1, 2025, 8:32 p.m. UTC
From: Jesse Van Gavere <jesseevg@gmail.com>

The qmake functionality had been missing due to the new host/target
build requirement, to get it working the main parts of the qt5 qmake
has been kept, we're still making our own device spec which we use to
run qmake with along with passing some additional device options for our
flags/cross-compiler.

A big thanks to Angelo Compagnucci for the encouragement and testing.

Signed-off-by: Jesse Van Gavere <jesseevg@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Angelo Compagnucci <angelo@amarulasolutions.com>
[dario: fix HostData in qt.conf.in and change the commit message]
Signed-off-by: Dario Binacchi <dario.binacchi@amarulasolutions.com>

---

Changes v3 -> v4:
  - Drop QT6_QT_CONF_FIXUP
  - Drop -@EGLFS_DEVICE@
  - Update the commit message

Changes v2 -> v3:
  - Drop package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk.save

 package/qt6/qt6.mk                  | 12 ++++++++++
 package/qt6/qt6base/qmake.conf      | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 package/qt6/qt6base/qplatformdefs.h |  1 +
 package/qt6/qt6base/qt.conf.in      |  7 ++++++
 package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk      | 17 +++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 71 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 package/qt6/qt6base/qmake.conf
 create mode 100644 package/qt6/qt6base/qplatformdefs.h
 create mode 100644 package/qt6/qt6base/qt.conf.in

Patch

diff --git a/package/qt6/qt6.mk b/package/qt6/qt6.mk
index 33cbf7551f23..fd6d81ed3d53 100644
--- a/package/qt6/qt6.mk
+++ b/package/qt6/qt6.mk
@@ -12,3 +12,15 @@  QT6_SITE = https://download.qt.io/archive/qt/$(QT6_VERSION_MAJOR)/$(QT6_VERSION)
 QT6_GIT = git://code.qt.io
 
 include $(sort $(wildcard package/qt6/*/*.mk))
+
+# The file "qt.conf" can be used to override the hard-coded paths that are
+# compiled into the Qt library. We need it to make "qmake" relocatable and
+# tweak the per-package install paths
+define QT6_INSTALL_QT_CONF
+	rm -f $(HOST_DIR)/bin/qt.conf
+	sed -e "s|@@HOST_DIR@@|$(HOST_DIR)|" -e "s|@@STAGING_DIR@@|$(STAGING_DIR)|" \
+		$(QT6BASE_PKGDIR)/qt.conf.in > $(HOST_DIR)/bin/qt.conf
+endef
+
+# Variable for other Qt applications to use
+QT6_QMAKE = $(HOST_DIR)/bin/qmake -spec devices/linux-buildroot-g++
diff --git a/package/qt6/qt6base/qmake.conf b/package/qt6/qt6base/qmake.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e0d53d755d41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/qt6/qt6base/qmake.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ 
+# Qt6 has a mechanism to support "device" profiles, so that people can
+# specify the compiler, compiler flags and so on for a specific device.
+
+# We leverage this mechanism in the Buildroot packaging of qt6 to
+# simplify cross-compilation: we have our own "device" definition, which
+# allows us to easily pass the cross-compiler paths and flags from our
+# qt6.mk.
+
+include(../common/linux_device_pre.conf)
+
+# modifications to g++-unix.conf
+QMAKE_CC                = $${CROSS_COMPILE}gcc
+QMAKE_CXX               = $${CROSS_COMPILE}g++
+QMAKE_LINK		= $${CROSS_COMPILE}g++
+
+# modifications to gcc-base.conf
+QMAKE_CFLAGS           += $${BR_COMPILER_CFLAGS}
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS         += $${BR_COMPILER_CXXFLAGS}
+# Remove all optimisation flags, we really only want our own.
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE       =
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE_DEBUG =
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE_FULL  =
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE_SIZE  =
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEBUG =
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_DEBUG =
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE =
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RELEASE =
+CONFIG                 += nostrip
+
+QMAKE_LIBS             += -lrt -lpthread -ldl
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_ISYSTEM   =
+
+include(../common/linux_device_post.conf)
+load(qt_config)
diff --git a/package/qt6/qt6base/qplatformdefs.h b/package/qt6/qt6base/qplatformdefs.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..99e9a2792329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/qt6/qt6base/qplatformdefs.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@ 
+#include "../../linux-g++/qplatformdefs.h"
diff --git a/package/qt6/qt6base/qt.conf.in b/package/qt6/qt6base/qt.conf.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fee209f38c00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/qt6/qt6base/qt.conf.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ 
+[Paths]
+Prefix=/usr
+HostPrefix=@@HOST_DIR@@
+HostData=@@STAGING_DIR@@/usr
+Sysroot=@@STAGING_DIR@@
+SysrootifyPrefix=true
+TargetSpec=devices/linux-buildroot-g++
diff --git a/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk b/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk
index 51a4f1b5be7f..7c0cd927129a 100644
--- a/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk
+++ b/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@  QT6BASE_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DFEATURE_system_zlib=ON \
 	-DFEATURE_system_libb2=ON
 
+QT6BASE_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS)
+QT6BASE_CXXFLAGS = $(TARGET_CXXFLAGS)
+
 # x86 optimization options. While we have a BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_AVX512, it
 # is not clear yet how it maps to all the avx512* options of Qt, so we
 # for now keeps them disabled.
@@ -431,5 +434,19 @@  define QT6BASE_RM_USR_MKSPECS
 endef
 QT6BASE_TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS += QT6BASE_RM_USR_MKSPECS
 
+define QT6BASE_MAKE_BR_SPEC
+	mkdir -p $(@D)/mkspecs/devices/linux-buildroot-g++/
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -D $(QT6BASE_PKGDIR)/qmake.conf \
+		$(@D)/mkspecs/devices/linux-buildroot-g++/qmake.conf
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -D $(QT6BASE_PKGDIR)/qplatformdefs.h \
+		$(@D)/mkspecs/devices/linux-buildroot-g++/qplatformdefs.h
+endef
+
+QT6BASE_CONF_OPTS += -DQT_QMAKE_DEVICE_OPTIONS=CROSS_COMPILE="$(TARGET_CROSS)";BR_COMPILER_CFLAGS="$(QT6BASE_CFLAGS)";BR_COMPILER_CXXFLAGS="$(QT6BASE_CXX_FLAGS)"
+
+QT6BASE_PRE_CONFIGURE_HOOKS += QT6BASE_MAKE_BR_SPEC
+
+QT6BASE_POST_INSTALL_STAGING_HOOKS += QT6_INSTALL_QT_CONF
+
 $(eval $(cmake-package))
 $(eval $(host-cmake-package))