qmake plugin uses out-of-source build
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Current evaluation
Abandoned. The qmake plugin out-of-source build failure was closed without resolution or code changes.
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Issue body
The qmake plugin attempts to make use of qmake's support for out-of-source builds, but that support doesn't seem to work in all cases (example: https://github.com/ubuntu/snappy-playpen/issues/145). It should just copy the source into build instead and do an in-source build.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Abandoned. The qmake plugin out-of-source build failure was closed without resolution or code changes. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | The qmake plugin's out-of-source build support was closed without resolution or comments, indicating the report was abandoned. The suggested in-source build workaround was never implemented. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #633 qmake plugin: Stop doing out-of-source builds. | snapcraft | merged | Merged qmake plugin changes to disable out-of-source builds, resolving build instability and bug LP #1599572. After initial CI failures were fixed via retests, the update was approved and merged, enforcing in-source compilation. | |
| #1414 cmake plugin: call the cmake using build dir as source | snapcraft | closed | Closed without merging. The author abandoned the changes after review feedback noted cmake natively supports out-of-source builds, making the proposed in-source approach unnecessary. The linked bug remains open. | |
| #1794799 Update the qmake plugin to be base aware | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without comments or resolution details. The qmake plugin base awareness update was abandoned or closed as invalid, with no merge or fix information provided. | |
| #950 qmake plugin ignores source-subdir parameter? | craft-parts | closed | The qmake plugin source-subdir bug was identified in craft_parts. A developer proposed replacing part_src_dir with part_build_subdir to fix it. The issue was closed after being escalated to internal ticket CRAFT-3857. |