Using the Wayland port of QT

[Benjamin Franzke]

oh I forgot to say the merge request needs the scanner PATCH i posted earlier..
so you should use the first patch for now

2010/11/21 Benjamin Franzke <benjaminfranzke at googlemail.com>:
> $FILESDIR is a gentoo specific vairable inside ebuild, which points to
> ebuild-pwd/files (doesnt matter for you..)
> however this patch is located there in the repo:
> http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=user/benf.git;a=blob;f=x11-libs/qt-wayland/files/config-test-wayland.patch
>
> I've also created a merge request for that stuff now, so you could
> also use that:
> http://qt.gitorious.org/~krh/qt/qt-wayland/merge_requests/1
>
> After you have patched and compiled again you should install qt.
> the wayland platform isnt found if you run from within the builddir
> without installing
>
> list of the basic instructions again here:
>  patch .....
>  ./configure -prefix $HOME/your_prefix -qpa -opengl es2
>  make
>  make install
>  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/your_prefix/lib
>  examples/widgets/analogclock/analogclock -platform wayland
>
> 2010/11/21 nerdopolis <bluescreen_avenger at verizon.net>:
>> I'm having a bit of trouble trying to decypher the ebuild file I think I must
>> be missing somthing from there...
>>
>> I ran configure with the  -qpa -opengl es2 options
>>
>> But whenever I try tohen ever I try to run a QT app I get:
>> Failed to load platform plugin "wayland". Available platforms are:
>>
>> Aborted
>>
>>
>> -platform does not seem to be in the standard QT libraries, but it is in
>> these, so I think I must be close.
>>
>>
>>
>> I see a line in there that says EGIT_PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/config-test-
>> wayland.patch" ) . I don't think I can see that file, or know where the
>> $FILESDIR variable is being defined. I don't know if this has anything to do
>> with the missing plugin...
>>
>> I think I am using the correct repo: when I run 'git branch' in the folder I
>> get:
>>  4.7
>> * lighthouse-wayland
>>
>>
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