Qt compiler tool names

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Sat Mar 17 04:07:02 UTC 2012


Aaron Faanes wrote:

>> We used the -qt4 postfix (which is a common practice among most distros
>> these days) to allow for a parallel-installable qt3.
>>
> 
> Ah, I figured it was something like that. I couldn't find it using the
> following:
> 
> $ yum provides '*/bin/*-qt3'
> Loaded plugins: auto-update-debuginfo, langpacks, presto,
> refresh-packagekit No Matches found
> $
> 
> So I guess the qt3 stuff lives in a repo I no longer have access to,
> perhaps?

That the qt4 variants use a postfix doesn't imply that qt3 does too (it 
currently does not, due to it's legacy heritage, for better or worse).

-- rex



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