Bug 35637 – [Qt] qwebplugindatabase.h included in <QtWebKit> on static builds

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: WONTFIX
• Component: New Bugs

[Tor Arne Vestbø]

This bug report originated from issue QTBUG-7339
http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-7339

--- Description ---

I built Qt 4.6 statically on a Ubuntu 9.10 box using the following flags:

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<pre class="code-java">/path/to/src/configure
  -prefix /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.6.0-<span class="code-keyword">static</span>
  -release -opensource
  -<span class="code-keyword">static</span>
  -fast -qt-sql-sqlite
  -no-qt3support
  -nomake <span class="code-quote">"demos examples"</span>
  -silent
  -platform linux-g++-32</pre>
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<p>Which builds just fine. When I try to compile one of my applications (which have a <tt>QT += webkit</tt> line), I get the following error:</p>

<p><tt>/usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.6.0-static/include/QtWebKit/QtWebKit:15:32: error: qwebplugindatabase.h: No such file or directory</tt></p>

<p>After some exploring I found out that the above file includes <tt>qwebplugindatabase.h</tt> even on static builds. Since plugins are not supported on static builds, this line shouldn't be there.</p>

<p><b>Workaround:</b><br/>
A quick workaround is to use more granular includes, like <tt>#include &lt;QtWebKit/QWebFrame&gt;</tt> instead of <tt>#include &lt;QtWebKit&gt;</tt>.</p>

[Robert Hogan]

This seems like another Qt specific (as opposed to QtWebKit specific) build problem.

[Tor Arne Vestbø]

We now to the module header and class headers as part of the WebKit/qt/Api derived sources, so the fix for this should be made in trunk.

[Tor Arne Vestbø]

The QtWebKit module header should include all header files, and the headers should be usable regardless of the build configuration. 

Is this an issue in trunk still?

[Tor Arne Vestbø]

Actually we don't really support static builds, so closing this for now, unless the original reporter (not me) reopens it with a valid test-case for trunk.