Qmake in release and debug mode

Question

I have a library and I would like it to copy itself to a directory depending upon what configuration i\'m in (debug or release). Here is my project file.

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Answer 1

The opening brace should be on the same line as the condition:

CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
    DLLDESTDIR += $$quote(../../../Jane/Jane/Build/debug)
    message("Copying to Jane Debug Directory.")
}
CONFIG(release, debug|release) {
    DLLDESTDIR += $$quote(../../../Jane/Jane/Build/release)
    message("Copying to Jane Release Directory.")
}

or

CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
    DLLDESTDIR += $$quote(../../../Jane/Jane/Build/debug)
    message("Copying to Jane Debug Directory.")
} else {
    DLLDESTDIR += $$quote(../../../Jane/Jane/Build/release)
    message("Copying to Jane Release Directory.")
}

But both messages will be displayed, because the files Makefile.Debug and Makefile.Release are both created when you run qmake (on Windows, or if you add debug_and_release to the CONFIG variable on other OSes).