Public bug reported: There's an issue with QCoreApplication::libraryPaths() which always appends QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::PluginsPath) first and only then it reads/appends QT_PLUGIN_PATH contents. In K/Ubuntu, QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::PluginsPath) returns "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins" by default.
This makes effectively all custom development outside of /usr impossible if there is also a system version of some plugin as Qt will /always/ load the system one rather than the one that's being worked on (and installed to say /opt), even with correct QT_PLUGIN_PATH set. This is fixed in Qt but apparently in 5.6 only, so I'd like to request backporting this following commit to Qt 5.5 for wily: http://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtbase.git/commit/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp?id=6129be8a4ba976c42e51012ebaa9005eb402db80 ** Affects: qtbase-opensource-src (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1519927 Title: Please backport this patch into qtbase-5.5 for wily To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qtbase-opensource-src/+bug/1519927/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
