[v6,1/6] package/qt6: Add qmake functionality

Message ID 20260925064257.1162394-2-dario.binacchi@amarulasolutions.com
State New
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  • Support qmake for Qt6
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Commit Message

Dario Binacchi Sept. 25, 2026, 6:42 a.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>
Tested-by: Richard GENOUD <richard.genoud@bootlin.com>
[dario: fix HostData and add the target install dirs in qt.conf.in,
quote QT_QMAKE_DEVICE_OPTIONS, use TARGET_CFLAGS/TARGET_CXXFLAGS,
change the commit message]
Signed-off-by: Dario Binacchi <dario.binacchi@amarulasolutions.com>
---

Changes v5 -> v6:
  - Rebase on qt6 6.11.2

Changes v4 -> v5:
  - Add ArchData, LibraryExecutables, Plugins and QmlImports to
    qt.conf.in
  - Quote QT_QMAKE_DEVICE_OPTIONS
  - Use TARGET_CFLAGS/TARGET_CXXFLAGS
  - Drop the redundant mkdir in QT6BASE_MAKE_BR_SPEC
  - Add Tested-by of Richard Genoud

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      | 11 ++++++++++
 package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk      | 14 ++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 72 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 cff9f5fbc73f..13482c33cc4a 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..d1d2d9490fbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/qt6/qt6base/qt.conf.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ 
+[Paths]
+Prefix=/usr
+HostPrefix=@@HOST_DIR@@
+HostData=@@STAGING_DIR@@/usr
+Sysroot=@@STAGING_DIR@@
+SysrootifyPrefix=true
+TargetSpec=devices/linux-buildroot-g++
+ArchData=/usr/lib/qt6
+LibraryExecutables=/usr/lib/qt6/libexec
+Plugins=/usr/lib/qt6/plugins
+QmlImports=/usr/lib/qt6/qml
diff --git a/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk b/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk
index 01661b7f01d4..032947417259 100644
--- a/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk
+++ b/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk
@@ -436,5 +436,19 @@  define QT6BASE_RM_SBOMS
 endef
 QT6BASE_TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS += QT6BASE_RM_SBOMS
 
+define QT6BASE_MAKE_BR_SPEC
+	$(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=$(TARGET_CFLAGS);BR_COMPILER_CXXFLAGS=$(TARGET_CXXFLAGS)"
+
+QT6BASE_PRE_CONFIGURE_HOOKS += QT6BASE_MAKE_BR_SPEC
+
+QT6BASE_POST_INSTALL_STAGING_HOOKS += QT6_INSTALL_QT_CONF
+
 $(eval $(cmake-package))
 $(eval $(host-cmake-package))