KDE_INSTALL_USE_QT_SYS_PATHS as default

[Alex Merry]

On Friday 06 March 2015 20:26:40 Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> El Dijous, 5 de març de 2015, a les 13:00:50, Aleix Pol va escriure:
> > Hi,
> > It's been on some occasions already that I've seen reports of people
> > trying to get some KDE application installed and complaining (mostly
> > the ones based on QML). The reason is that KDE is assuming the
> > application is being installed into its own prefix by default.
> > 
> > I've been wondering that maybe we shouldn't? Or maybe we could try to
> > detect if it's the same prefix as Qt and in that case install things
> > together.
> > 
> > Opinions?
> 
> Does the use of KDE_INSTALL_USE_QT_SYS_PATHS imply i need to install as root
> if i'm using the system Qt even if i'm installing the app to my home
> folder?

Yes, it will. So a blanket "on" setting would make life a pain for developers.

It might be reasonable to set it on by default when the qmake being used to 
determine the paths is in CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX, though. I'd be willing to 
consider such a patch.

Alex