Qt Creator 2.0 Run Settings: wrong executable

[kulibali]

Qt Creator 2.0 is coming up with the wrong executable in a QMake project with subdirs. The top-level project file (neurolab_all.pro):

TEMPLATE = subdirs
SUBDIRS = griditems neurolab neurogui neurolib automata thirdparty

All the sub-projects are library projects except for neurolab, whose project file is:

QT += gui

TARGET = neurolab
TEMPLATE = app

SOURCES += main.cpp

release { BUILDDIR=release }
debug { BUILDDIR=debug }

DESTDIR = $$OUT_PWD/../$$BUILDDIR
TEMPDIR = $$OUT_PWD/$$BUILDDIR

OBJECTS_DIR = $$TEMPDIR
MOC_DIR = $$TEMPDIR
UI_DIR = $$TEMPDIR
RCC_DIR = $$TEMPDIR

In the Run Settings for the project, Qt Creator tries to have

neurolab_all-build-desktop/neurolab/debug/neurolab.exe

for the executable, instead of the correct

neurolab_all-build-desktop/debug/neurolab.exe

Due to the utterly brain-dead decision for Qt Creator to put absolute path names in the .pro.user files, I cannot put the .user files in source control. I want a system that works upon checking out the code without a lot of fiddling.

Qt itself is a great product, which I have been using with great success for over 10 years. Qt Creator, on the other hand, is getting more annoying and less functional with each release.

[favoritas37]

I have the exact same problem so I am unable to use Qt Creator.

(Posted afew days ago here: http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/fo...ttings-problem)

[danimo]

Try with the following pro file:

 
QT += gui

TARGET = neurolab
TEMPLATE = app

SOURCES += main.cpp

Don't try to do more. Qt Creator automatically does shadow builds in 2.0, which is why it probably breaks for you. Leave it to Creators build configurations to do the right thing.

Also stuff like

release { BUILDDIR=release }
debug { BUILDDIR=debug }

is simply wrong. The proper way is to do this:

CONFIG( debug, debug|release ) {
    # debug
} else {
    # release
}

But before messing with this, try the basic example first