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  2. QTBUG-97658

Generalize QT_BUILD_TOOLS_WHEN_CROSSCOMPILING into QT_FORCE_BUILD_TOOLS

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      When cross-compiling Qt, the tools are not built by default and instead they are searched for in a host Qt installation.

      One can force cross-compilation of tools for the target device by specifying -DQT_BUILD_TOOLS_WHEN_CROSSCOMPILING=ON.

      QTBUG-95099 describes a use case of searching for pre-existing tools in a host Qt installation even when doing a regular host / desktop build.

      An extension of that would be to also force building of the tools in that situation, even when using the tools of the pre-existing host Qt.
      Currently that's not possible.
      One way would be to generalize QT_BUILD_TOOLS_WHEN_CROSSCOMPILING to QT_FORCE_BUILD_TOOLS instead.

        For Gerrit Dashboard: QTBUG-97658
        # Subject Branch Project Status CR V
        377610,6 CMake: Fix forcing usage of host tools when doing a desktop build dev qt/qtbase Status: MERGED +2 0
        379128,2 CMake: Fix forcing usage of host tools when doing a desktop build 6.2 qt/qtbase Status: MERGED +2 0

            qtbuildsystem Qt Build System Team
            alexandru.croitor Alexandru Croitor
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