source: trunk/README.OS2@ 542

This is Qt version 4.5.1 GA for OS/2 and eCS.

This document contains a brief information on the OS/2 version of the Qt
library. Please read it carefully before starting your work. You may also
visit the project page at

  http://svn.netlabs.org/qt4/wiki

to get more information and the latest news and also to report bugs.

To get a brief list of OS/2-specific changes from release to release
please see the CHANGES.OS2 file included in this distribution.



REQUIREMENTS

In order to compile the Qt library and Qt-based applications, you will need
the following tools:

  - One of the OS/2 Warp 4, OS/2 Warp 4.5 or eComStation operating systems.

  - InnoTek GCC compiler version 3.3.5 CSD3 or 4.4.2 (recommended).
    You can download the GCC 4.4.2 compiler using the following link:

      http://download.smedley.info/gcc-4.4.2-os2-20091205.zip

    GCC 4.4.2 requires newer binutils available at:

      http://download.smedley.info/binutils-2.19.1-os2-20090427.zip

    Note that in order to use the above version of GCC, you will also need
    to install the previous 3.x version (e.g. 3.3.5 CSD3) available at:

      ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/GCC-3.3.5-csd3.zip

  - Patched OpenWatcom linker which you can download from here:

      ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/wl-hll-r1.zip

    Note that if you use IBM ILINK (no matter what version), you will
    not be able to build the debug version of the library due to