Question

I am linking to a .a lib and need to link to the right version for the machine that’s compiling. Is there a way to detect the type of machine in a .pro file in linux? I found this article, but they only discuss Windows: http://developer.qt.nokia.com/faq/answer/how_can_i_detect_in_the_.pro_file_if_i_am_compiling_for_a_32_bit_or_a_64_bi

Edit: The .a library is Gtest. Another way to solve my problem would be to somehow build a .a file with g++ that will work on either 32-bit or 64-bit platforms. Is that possible?

Answer 1

By doing your conditional on a mkspec, (see Platform Scope Values here), you can check for a very large variety of compiler/platform.

My mkspec directory (Linux64 machine), gives the following differentiations:

aix-g++/                          irix-g++-64/                      qconfig.pri                       wince50standard-armv4i-msvc2005/
aix-g++-64/                       linux-cxx/                        qws/                              wince50standard-armv4i-msvc2008/
aix-xlc/                          linux-ecc-64/                     sco-cc/                           wince50standard-mipsii-msvc2005/
aix-xlc-64/                       linux-g++/                        sco-g++/                          wince50standard-mipsii-msvc2008/
common/                           linux-g++-32/                     solaris-cc/                       wince50standard-mipsiv-msvc2005/
cygwin-g++/                       linux-g++-64/                     solaris-cc-64/                    wince50standard-mipsiv-msvc2008/
darwin-g++/                       linux-g++-maemo/                  solaris-cc-64-stlport/            wince50standard-sh4-msvc2005/   
default@                          linux-icc/                        solaris-cc-stlport/               wince50standard-sh4-msvc2008/   
features/                         linux-icc-32/                     solaris-g++/                      wince50standard-x86-msvc2005/   
freebsd-g++/                      linux-icc-64/                     solaris-g++-64/                   wince50standard-x86-msvc2008/   
freebsd-g++34/                    linux-kcc/                        symbian/                          wince60standard-armv4i-msvc2005/
freebsd-g++40/                    linux-llvm/                       symbian-abld/                     wince60standard-x86-msvc2005/   
freebsd-icc/                      linux-lsb-g++/                    symbian-sbsv2/                    wincewm50pocket-msvc2005/       
hpux-acc/                         linux-pgcc/                       tru64-cxx/                        wincewm50pocket-msvc2008/       
hpux-acc-64/                      lynxos-g++/                       tru64-g++/                        wincewm50smart-msvc2005/        
hpux-acc-o64/                     macx-g++/                         unixware-cc/                      wincewm50smart-msvc2008/        
hpux-g++/                         macx-g++40/                       unixware-g++/                     wincewm60professional-msvc2005/ 
hpux-g++-64/                      macx-g++42/                       unsupported/                      wincewm60professional-msvc2008/ 
hpuxi-acc-32/                     macx-icc/                         win32-borland/                    wincewm60standard-msvc2005/     
hpuxi-acc-64/                     macx-llvm/                        win32-g++/                        wincewm60standard-msvc2008/     
hpuxi-g++-64/                     macx-pbuilder/                    win32-icc/                        wincewm65professional-msvc2005/ 
hurd-g++/                         macx-xcode/                       win32-msvc2003/                   wincewm65professional-msvc2008/ 
irix-cc/                          macx-xlc/                         win32-msvc2005/                                                   
irix-cc-64/                       netbsd-g++/                       win32-msvc2008/                                                   
irix-g++/                         openbsd-g++/                      win32-msvc2010/