Qbs Manual
Depends Item
Qt Build Suite 1.4.5

CppApplication Item DynamicLibrary Item

Depends Item

A Depends item can appear inside a Product Item or Module Item.

For example, the following product will load the cpp module. In addition, it will try to load modules that may or may not exist, and in the latter case use a fallback.

Product {
    Depends { name: "cpp" }
    Depends {
        name: "awesome_module"
        required: false
    }
    Depends {
        name: "adequate_module"
        condition: !awesome_module.present
        required: false
    }
    Depends {
        name: "crappy_module"
        condition: !awesome_module.present && !adequate_module.present
    }

    // ...
}

Depends Properties

Property	Type	Default	Description
condition	bool	true	Determines whether the dependency will actually be applied.
productTypes	stringList	undefined	A list of product types. Any enabled product in the project that has a matching type will become a dependency of the product containing the `Depends` item. This property is mutually exclusive with the `name` and `submodules` properties. The `required` and `profiles` properties are ignored if `productTypes` is set.
required	bool	`true`	Setting this property to `false` creates a soft dependency, meaning that it is not considered an error if the given module cannot be found. In such a case, an instance of the respective module will be created, but only the `present` property will be available for querying, and it will be set to `false`.
name	string	undefined	The name of the dependent product or module.
profiles	stringList	`[product.profile]`	If the dependency is on a product and that product is going to be built for more than one profile, then you can specify here which instance of the product the dependency is on. See the `profiles` property of the `Product` item for more information. An empty list means a dependency on all instances of the product with the given name, regardless of their profile.
limitToSubProject	bool	`false`	If `productTypes` is set and this property is `true`, then only products that are in the same sub-project as the product containing the `Depends` item are considered.
submodules	stringList	undefined	The submodules of `module` to depend on, if applicable.

CppApplication Item DynamicLibrary Item