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  1. Qt Installer Framework
  2. QTIFW-453

Online installer adds a "new" MinGW toolchain to Qt Creator each time I upgrade Qt (without upgrading MinGW)

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Done
    • P2: Important
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    • 1.5.0
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    • Windows 8.1 64-bit, have been using Online installer since Qt 5.1.0

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      I just noticed that I have 3 entries for the MinGW 4.8 toolchain (see screenshot) in Qt Creator. A quick peek into Creator's config files (toolchains.xml) revealed that a new entry was created every time I upgraded Qt through the online installer, even though the MinGW binaries themselves were unchanged.

       <data>
        <variable>ToolChain.0</variable>
        <valuemap type="QVariantMap">
         <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.GccToolChain.Path">C:\Qt\Online/Tools/mingw48_32\bin\gcc.exe</value>
         <valuelist type="QVariantList" key="ProjectExplorer.GccToolChain.PlatformCodeGenFlags"/>
         <valuelist type="QVariantList" key="ProjectExplorer.GccToolChain.PlatformLinkerFlags"/>
         <valuelist type="QVariantList" key="ProjectExplorer.GccToolChain.SupportedAbis">
          <value type="QString">x86-windows-msys-pe-32bit</value>
         </valuelist>
         <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.GccToolChain.TargetAbi">x86-windows-msys-pe-32bit</value>
         <value type="bool" key="ProjectExplorer.ToolChain.Autodetect">true</value>
         <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ToolChain.DisplayName">MinGW 4.8 32bit</value>
         <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ToolChain.Id">ProjectExplorer.ToolChain.Mingw:qt.510.win32_mingw48.essentials</value>
        </valuemap>
       </data>
       <data>
        <variable>ToolChain.1</variable>
        <valuemap type="QVariantMap">
         <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.GccToolChain.Path">C:\Qt\Online/Tools/mingw48_32\bin\g++.exe</value>
         <valuelist type="QVariantList" key="ProjectExplorer.GccToolChain.PlatformCodeGenFlags"/>
         <valuelist type="QVariantList" key="ProjectExplorer.GccToolChain.PlatformLinkerFlags"/>
         <valuelist type="QVariantList" key="ProjectExplorer.GccToolChain.SupportedAbis">
          <value type="QString">x86-windows-msys-pe-32bit</value>
         </valuelist>
         <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.GccToolChain.TargetAbi">x86-windows-msys-pe-32bit</value>
         <value type="bool" key="ProjectExplorer.ToolChain.Autodetect">true</value>
         <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ToolChain.DisplayName">MinGW 4.8 32bit2</value>
         <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ToolChain.Id">ProjectExplorer.ToolChain.Mingw:qt.520.win32_mingw48.essentials</value>
        </valuemap>
       </data>
       <data>
        <variable>ToolChain.2</variable>
        <valuemap type="QVariantMap">
         <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.GccToolChain.Path">C:\Qt\Online/Tools/mingw48_32\bin\g++.exe</value>
         <valuelist type="QVariantList" key="ProjectExplorer.GccToolChain.PlatformCodeGenFlags"/>
         <valuelist type="QVariantList" key="ProjectExplorer.GccToolChain.PlatformLinkerFlags"/>
         <valuelist type="QVariantList" key="ProjectExplorer.GccToolChain.SupportedAbis">
          <value type="QString">x86-windows-msys-pe-32bit</value>
         </valuelist>
         <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.GccToolChain.TargetAbi">x86-windows-msys-pe-32bit</value>
         <value type="bool" key="ProjectExplorer.ToolChain.Autodetect">true</value>
         <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ToolChain.DisplayName">MinGW 4.8 32bit3</value>
         <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ToolChain.Id">ProjectExplorer.ToolChain.Mingw:qt.521.win32_mingw48.essentials</value>
        </valuemap>
       </data>
      

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