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+From 23e437bb5cba5b13ee327c36d8199a49aad9a8da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Joerg Bornemann <joerg.bornemann@qt.io>
+Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 10:55:14 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix dependency_libs entry of .la files
+
+Libtool cannot cope with absolute paths in the dependency_libs entry.
+We split absolute paths into -L and -l here.
+
+Change-Id: I30bf11e490d1993d2a4d88c114e07bbae12def6d
+Fixes: QTBUG-76625
+
+Upstream: https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/269146
+Signed-off-by: Peter Seiderer <ps.report@gmx.net>
+---
+ qmake/generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
+ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp b/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp
+index d9bcccf2e2..ddc3b063d4 100644
+--- a/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp
++++ b/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp
+@@ -1450,6 +1450,33 @@ UnixMakefileGenerator::libtoolFileName(bool fixify)
+ void
+ UnixMakefileGenerator::writeLibtoolFile()
+ {
++ auto fixAbsolutePaths
++ = [this](const ProStringList &libs)
++ {
++ ProStringList result;
++ for (auto lib : libs) {
++ auto fi = fileInfo(lib.toQString());
++ if (fi.isAbsolute()) {
++ const QString libDirArg = "-L" + fi.path();
++ if (!result.contains(libDirArg))
++ result += libDirArg;
++ QString namespec = fi.fileName();
++ int dotPos = namespec.lastIndexOf('.');
++ if (dotPos != -1 && namespec.startsWith("lib")) {
++ namespec.truncate(dotPos);
++ namespec.remove(0, 3);
++ } else {
++ namespec.prepend(':');
++ }
++ result += "-l" + namespec;
++ } else {
++
++ result += lib;
++ }
++ }
++ return result;
++ };
++
+ QString fname = libtoolFileName(), lname = fname;
+ mkdir(fileInfo(fname).path());
+ int slsh = lname.lastIndexOf(Option::dir_sep);
+@@ -1488,12 +1515,11 @@ UnixMakefileGenerator::writeLibtoolFile()
+ << ".a'\n\n";
+
+ t << "# Libraries that this one depends upon.\n";
++ static const ProKey libVars[] = { "LIBS", "QMAKE_LIBS" };
+ ProStringList libs;
+- libs << "LIBS" << "QMAKE_LIBS";
+- t << "dependency_libs='";
+- for (ProStringList::ConstIterator it = libs.begin(); it != libs.end(); ++it)
+- t << fixLibFlags((*it).toKey()).join(' ') << ' ';
+- t << "'\n\n";
++ for (auto var : libVars)
++ libs += fixLibFlags(var);
++ t << "dependency_libs='" << fixAbsolutePaths(libs).join(' ') << "'\n\n";
+
+ t << "# Version information for " << lname << "\n";
+ int maj = project->first("VER_MAJ").toInt();
+--
+2.22.0
+