Automatic QRC handling seems broken with Visual Studio Version 17.14.3 and qt 6.8+ for shared libraries

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Automatic QRC handling seems broken with Visual Studio Version 17.14.3 and qt 6.8+ for shared libraries. Using cmake version 4.0.2. This works with qt 6.6 however after going to qt 6.8 or 6.9 it stopped working. I have had this happen with two different shared libraries. No problem with executables.

It generates and builds the qrc_name.cpp file but the object file ends up in the wrong location with the wrong name. The error I get is the following: Couldn't open file '.../build-win10-msvc143/name.dir/Release/qrc_name.obj' with CreateFile(). Looking in visual studio it is generating the object file in the following location: $(IntDir)/name_autogen/EWIEGA46WW_Debug/qrc_name.cpp.obj". However in a correctly working exe file it generates the object file in $(IntDir). Its possible this is a qt cmake code issue but it seems like the problem resides on the camke side based on the small amount I have looked into it.

Is this a known issue?

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Cc: @alcroito @jobor

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I am not aware of any specific regressions.

Please create a small reproducer and share it either on the CMake bug tracker or the Qt one.

https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues

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Thanks. Does it sound like the issue is on the cmake side and not in qt cmake code?

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It’s hard to say.

You said the behavior changes between Qt versions, so it could be on the Qt side.

Are you using CMAKE_AUTORCC? Or are you using qt_add_resources?

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Yes.

SET(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)

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https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/26977

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FYI: It works correctly with qt_add_resources.