Review Request 112969: Try to compile a basic Qt application before checking for -fvisibility=hidden

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This review has been submitted with commit 61018482fdd807f4670aa734f81972c352d849e9 by Casian Andrei to branch KDE/4.11.

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On Sept. 28, 2013, 8:16 a.m., Casian Andrei wrote:
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> (Updated Sept. 28, 2013, 8:16 a.m.)
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> Review request for Build System.
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> Repository: kdelibs
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> Description
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> If there is a problem with finding the Qt includes, then
> FindKDE4Internal tells the user that Qt is not compiled correctly, and
> it is not straight forward to realise that it is a false alarm.
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> Introduce a simple check for compiling a barebone Qt application before
> attempting to check for -fvisibility=hidden. This way, the error message
> states that Qt has not been found correctly, preventing confusion.
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> Update: I should have checked out the frameworks branch, not master... I was under the impression that it was merged into master :( . But perhaps this patch is still useful for KDE/4.11.
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> The error came from FindQt4 not finding the "Qt" include, which is not present with Qt5. Makes sense.
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> Diffs
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>   cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake 7922b09 
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> Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/112969/diff/
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> Testing
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> When trying without these changes:
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> -- Found Qt-Version 5.1.1 (using /usr/bin/qmake)
> -- Building kdelibs...
> CMake Error: The following variables are used in this project, but they are set to NOTFOUND.
> Please set them or make sure they are set and tested correctly in the CMake files:
> QT_QT_INCLUDE_DIR
>    used as include directory in directory /usr/local/src/kdesrc/build/kdelibs/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp
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> CMake Error: Internal CMake error, TryCompile configure of cmake failed
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> CMake Error at cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake:1294 (message):
>   Qt compiled without support for -fvisibility=hidden.  This will break
>   plugins and linking of some applications.  Please fix your Qt installation
>   (try passing --reduce-exports to configure).
> Call Stack (most recent call first):
>   CMakeLists.txt:56 (find_package)
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> Scary!
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> When trying after these changes:
> -- Found Qt-Version 5.1.1 (using /usr/bin/qmake)
> -- Building kdelibs...
> CMake Error: The following variables are used in this project, but they are set to NOTFOUND.
> Please set them or make sure they are set and tested correctly in the CMake files:
> QT_QT_INCLUDE_DIR
>    used as include directory in directory /usr/local/src/kdesrc/build/kdelibs/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp
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> CMake Error: Internal CMake error, TryCompile configure of cmake failed
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> CMake Error at cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake:1308 (message):
>   Unable to compile a basic Qt application.  Qt has not been found correctly.
> Call Stack (most recent call first):
>   CMakeLists.txt:56 (find_package)
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> Less scary :-)
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> Thanks,
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> Casian Andrei
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