Merge branch '4.7' of scm.dev.nokia.troll.no:qt/qt-doc-team into 4.7

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
index c967dad..915a56d 100644
--- a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
+++ b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
@@ -3267,8 +3267,14 @@ void Configure::generateConfigfiles()
     if (qmakeConfFile.open(QFile::WriteOnly | QFile::Text)) {
         QTextStream qmakeConfStream;
         qmakeConfStream.setDevice(&qmakeConfFile);
+        // While QMAKESPEC_ORIGINAL being relative or absolute doesn't matter for the
+        // primary use of this variable by qmake to identify the original mkspec, the
+        // variable is also used for few special cases where the absolute path is required.
+        // Conversely, the include of the original qmake.conf must be done using relative path,
+        // as some Qt binary deployments are done in a manner that doesn't allow for patching
+        // the paths at the installation time.
         qmakeConfStream << "QMAKESPEC_ORIGINAL=" << pltSpec << endl << endl;
-        qmakeConfStream << "include(" << pltSpec << "/qmake.conf)" << endl;
+        qmakeConfStream << "include(" << "../" << spec << "/qmake.conf)" << endl << endl;
         qmakeConfStream.flush();
         qmakeConfFile.close();
     }