how to compile 5.9.1 for winXP?

[zhou.bing]

i want compile 5.9.1 for xp,but failed.
this is my step:
env:win10X64+vs2015;
1.download 5.9.1 opensource;
2.create a build.bat. content like this:

REM ********** Initialize env for msvc 2015 cl compiler **********
SET PATH=C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32
REM Set up \Microsoft Visual Studio 2015, where <arch> is amd64, x86, etc.
CALL "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86

REM ********** Update include & lib to support xp win sdk 7.1A **********
SET PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Bin;%PATH%
SET INCLUDE=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Include;%INCLUDE%
SET LIB=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Lib;%LIB%
SET CL=/D_USING_V140_SDK71_;%CL%

REM ********** 3rd party build tools binaries: ruby, perl, python **********
SET PATH=C:\Perl\bin;C:\Python\3.6.1;%PATH%

REM ********** Set up qt source env **********
SET _ROOT=E:\qt5.9.1source
SET PATH=%_ROOT%\qtbase\bin;%_ROOT%\gnuwin32\bin;%PATH%
REM Uncomment the below line when using a git checkout of the source repository
REM SET PATH=%_ROOT%\qtrepotools\bin;%PATH%
SET _ROOT=

REM Generate makefile
E:/qt5.9.1source/configure.bat -confirm-license -opensource -platform win32-msvc2015 -debug-and-release -prefix E:\QT5.9.1_Static\VS2015 -plugin-sql-sqlite -plugin-sql-odbc -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -opengl desktop -qt-freetype -no-qml-debug -no-angle -nomake tests -nomake examples -skip qtquickcontrols -skip qtquickcontrols2 -skip qtsensors -skip qtdoc -mp

3.modify qtbase/qmake/Makefile.win32;Add "-DUNICODE -D_USING_V110_SDK71_" to CFLAGS_BARE= ......,after last；
4.modify qtbase\mkspecs\winrt-x86-msvc2015;

qmake configuration for winrt-x86-msvc2015

Written for Microsoft Visual C++ 2015

MSC_VER = 1900
MSVC_VER = 14.0
include(../common/winrt_winphone/qmake.conf)
DEFINES += WINAPI_FAMILY=WINAPI_FAMILY_PC_APP WINAPI_PARTITION_PHONE_APP=1 X86 X86 x86
QMAKE_CFLAGS = -nologo -Zm200 -Zc:wchar_t -D_USING_V110_SDK71
QMAKE_CFLAGS += -FS
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -FS
QMAKE_LFLAGS += /SAFESEH /MACHINE:X86 /NODEFAULTLIB:kernel32.lib

QMAKE_LFLAGS_CONSOLE = /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE,5.01
QMAKE_LFLAGS_WINDOWS = /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS,5.01

QMAKE_LIBS += windowscodecs.lib WindowsApp.lib runtimeobject.lib OneCore.lib
VCPROJ_ARCH = Win32
WINSDK_VER = 10.0
WINTARGET_VER = winv10
WINRT_MANIFEST = $$PWD/../common/winrt_winphone/manifests/10.0/AppxManifest.xml.in
WINRT_MANIFEST.architecture = x86

5.build,but failed:

E:\qt5.9.1source\qtbase\src\corelib\io\qfilesystemengine_win.cpp(594): error C2065: “FILE_ID_INFO”: 未声明的标识符
E:\qt5.9.1source\qtbase\src\corelib\io\qfilesystemengine_win.cpp(594): error C2146: 语法错误: 缺少“;”(在标识符“infoEx”的前面)
E:\qt5.9.1source\qtbase\src\corelib\io\qfilesystemengine_win.cpp(594): error C2065: “infoEx”: 未声明的标识符
E:\qt5.9.1source\qtbase\src\corelib\io\qfilesystemengine_win.cpp(597): error C2065: “infoEx”: 未声明的标识符
E:\qt5.9.1source\qtbase\src\corelib\io\qfilesystemengine_win.cpp(597): error C2065: “FILE_ID_INFO”: 未声明的标识符
E:\qt5.9.1source\qtbase\src\corelib\io\qfilesystemengine_win.cpp(598): error C2065: “infoEx”: 未声明的标识符
E:\qt5.9.1source\qtbase\src\corelib\io\qfilesystemengine_win.cpp(598): error C2228: “.VolumeSerialNumber”的左边必须有类/结构/联合
E:\qt5.9.1source\qtbase\src\corelib\io\qfilesystemengine_win.cpp(598): note: 类型是“unknown-type”
E:\qt5.9.1source\qtbase\src\corelib\io\qfilesystemengine_win.cpp(601): error C2065: “infoEx”: 未声明的标识符
E:\qt5.9.1source\qtbase\src\corelib\io\qfilesystemengine_win.cpp(601): error C2228: “.FileId”的左边必须有类/结构/联合
E:\qt5.9.1source\qtbase\src\corelib\io\qfilesystemengine_win.cpp(601): note: 类型是“unknown-type”

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so, how to compile 5.9.1 for xp, thanks!

[hskoglund]

Hi, it's very time consuming to compile 5.9.1 for WIndows XP, there are many places in the source that needs to be patched or commented out, the error you got is one example, 5.9.1 uses the function GetFileInformationByHandleEx which requires Windows Vista or later, so you need to remove that code from fileIdWin8().

It might be easier to try to compile Qt 5.6.2 for Windows XP (only Qt WebEngine has problems, see https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_5.6.2_Known_Issues)

[SGaist]

Hi,

To add to @hskoglund, the Qt 5.6 series is the last one still supporting Windows XP. So as suggested, stick with that one.