How to build Qt 4.8/5.2 statically under VS2012, using the static MSVC runtime, with Windows XP support?

Question

I\'d like to make a completely static build of Qt 4.8/5.2 under VS2012 - including static runtime libraries, and targeting Windows XP systems. This is not supported out-of-t

Answer 1

Qt 4.8

Assuming that the environment was prepared for XP targeting, and relevant XP-targeting qt4xp.patch and the bug fix qt4fixes.patch available - both from my other answer, the following script does the job:

:: Assume that we're in an equivalent of C:\Qt prefix
@set PREFIX=%~dp0
:: Qt sources
@set QT=%PREFIX%..\4.8.5-src
:: Patch file(s)
@set SRC=%PREFIX%
@set SPEC=win32-msvc2012
@if not exist "%QT%\projects.pro" ( echo Qt source folder expected in %QT%>&2 & exit /b 1 )
::
@patch --forward --directory=%QT% -p0 --global-reject-file=%SRC%\qt4fixes.rej --input=%SRC%\qt4fixes.patch
::
@mkdir %QT%\mkspecs\%SPEC%-xp
@copy %QT%\mkspecs\%SPEC%\qplatformdefs.h %QT%\mkspecs\%SPEC%-xp
@copy %QT%\mkspecs\%SPEC%\qmake.conf %QT%\mkspecs\%SPEC%-xp
@patch --forward --directory=%QT% -p0 --global-reject-file=%SRC%\qt4xp.rej --input=%SRC%\qt4xp.patch
::
@mkdir %QT%\mkspecs\%SPEC%-static
@copy %QT%\mkspecs\%SPEC%\qplatformdefs.h %QT%\mkspecs\%SPEC%-static
@copy %QT%\mkspecs\%SPEC%\qmake.conf %QT%\mkspecs\%SPEC%-static
@mkdir %QT%\mkspecs\%SPEC%-static-xp
@copy %QT%\mkspecs\%SPEC%-xp\qplatformdefs.h %QT%\mkspecs\%SPEC%-static-xp
@copy %QT%\mkspecs\%SPEC%-xp\qmake.conf %QT%\mkspecs\%SPEC%-static-xp
@patch --forward --directory=%QT% -p0 --global-reject-file=%SRC%\qt4static.rej --input=%SRC%\qt4static.patch

To undo the changes to the Qt source, run the following, with variables set as above:

@patch --reverse --directory=%QT% -p0 --global-reject-file=%SRC%\qt4static-unfix.rej --input=%SRC%\qt4static.patch
@del %QT%\mkspecs\%SPEC%-static\qplatformdefs.h
@del %QT%\mkspecs\%SPEC%-static\qmake.conf
@rmdir %QT%\mkspecs\%SPEC%-static
@del %QT%\mkspecs\%SPEC%-static-xp\qplatformdefs.h
@del %QT%\mkspecs\%SPEC%-static-xp\qmake.conf
@rmdir %QT%\mkspecs\%SPEC%-static-xp
::
@patch --reverse --directory=%QT% -p0 --global-reject-file=%SRC%\qt4xp-unfix.rej --input=%SRC%\qt4xp.patch
@del %QT%\mkspecs\%SPEC%-xp\qplatformdefs.h
@del %QT%\mkspecs\%SPEC%-xp\qmake.conf
@rmdir %QT%\mkspecs\%SPEC%-xp
::
@patch --reverse --directory=%QT% -p0 --global-reject-file=%SRC%\qt4fixes-unfix.rej --input=%SRC%\qt4fixes.patch

The build is then performed by executing

configure -static -platform win32-msvc2012-static-xp (or win32-msvc2012-static)
jom (or nmake)

# qt4static.patch
# Static MSVC Runtime Support for Qt 4.8
#
# Build configure with XP targeting
--- tools/configure/configure.pro   2014-02-20 10:00:29.840317000 -0500
+++ tools/configure/configure.pro   2014-02-20 10:03:06.674999600 -0500
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 CONFIG   += console flat stl rtti_off
 CONFIG   -= moc qt
 DEFINES  = UNICODE QT_NODLL QT_NO_CODECS QT_NO_TEXTCODEC QT_NO_UNICODETABLES QT_LITE_COMPONENT QT_NO_STL QT_NO_COMPRESS QT_NO_THREAD QT_NO_QOBJECT QT_NO_GEOM_VARIANT _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
-win32-msvc2012-xp: DEFINES += _USING_V110_SDK71_
+win32-msvc2012-xp|win32-msvc2012-static-xp: DEFINES += _USING_V110_SDK71_
 DEFINES  += QT_BOOTSTRAPPED
 
 win32 : LIBS += -lole32 -ladvapi32
# Add support for static qmake specs.
--- qmake/Makefile.win32    2013-06-07 09:17:02.000000000 -0400
+++ qmake/Makefile.win32    2014-02-20 09:31:51.090426700 -0500
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-!IF "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-msvc" || "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-msvc.net" || "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-msvc2002" || "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-msvc2003" || "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-msvc2005" || "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-msvc2008" || "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-msvc2010" || "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-msvc2012" || "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-msvc2012-xp" || "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-icc"
+!IF "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-msvc" || "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-msvc.net" || "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-msvc2002" || "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-msvc2003" || "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-msvc2005" || "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-msvc2008" || "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-msvc2010" || "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-msvc2012" || "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-msvc2012-xp" || "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-msvc2012-static" || "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-msvc2012-static-xp" || "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-icc"
 
 !if "$(SOURCE_PATH)" == ""
 SOURCE_PATH = ..
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@
               -DQT_NO_COMPRESS -DUNICODE -DHAVE_QCONFIG_CPP -DQT_BUILD_QMAKE -DQT_NO_THREAD \
               -DQT_NO_QOBJECT -DQT_NO_GEOM_VARIANT -DQT_NO_DATASTREAM -DQT_NO_PCRE -DQT_BOOTSTRAPPED \
               -DQLIBRARYINFO_EPOCROOT
-!if "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-msvc2012-xp"
-CFLAGS_BARE = $(CFLAGS_BARE) -D_USING_V110_SDK71_
-!endif
+!if "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-msvc2012-xp" || "$(QMAKESPEC)" == "win32-msvc2012-static-xp"
+CFLAGS_BARE = $(CFLAGS_BARE) -D_USING_V110_SDK71_
+!endif
 CFLAGS   = -Yuqmake_pch.h -FIqmake_pch.h -Fpqmake_pch.pch $(CFLAGS_BARE) $(CFLAGS)
 
 CXXFLAGS_BARE = $(CFLAGS_BARE)
# Set static runtime
--- mkspecs/win32-msvc2012-static/qmake.conf    2013-06-07 09:17:00.000000000 -0400
+++ mkspecs/win32-msvc2012-static/qmake.conf    2014-02-17 16:17:38.831119700 -0500
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 QMAKE_CFLAGS            = -nologo -Zm200 -Zc:wchar_t-
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_ON    = -W3
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_OFF   = -W0
-QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE    = -O2 -MD
-QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE_WITH_DEBUGINFO += -O2 -MD -Zi
-QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEBUG      = -Zi -MDd
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE    = -O2 -MT
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE_WITH_DEBUGINFO += -O2 -MT -Zi -d2Zi+
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEBUG      = -Zi -MTd -d2Zi+
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_YACC       =
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_LTCG       = -GL
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_MP         = -MP
# Set static runtime
--- mkspecs/win32-msvc2012-static-xp/qmake.conf 2013-06-07 09:17:00.000000000 -0400
+++ mkspecs/win32-msvc2012-static-xp/qmake.conf 2014-02-17 16:17:38.831119700 -0500
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 QMAKE_CFLAGS            = -nologo -Zm200 -Zc:wchar_t-
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_ON    = -W3
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_OFF   = -W0
-QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE    = -O2 -MD
-QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE_WITH_DEBUGINFO += -O2 -MD -Zi
-QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEBUG      = -Zi -MDd
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE    = -O2 -MT
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE_WITH_DEBUGINFO += -O2 -MT -Zi -d2Zi+
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEBUG      = -Zi -MTd -d2Zi+
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_YACC       =
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_LTCG       = -GL
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_MP         = -MP