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This is entire pro file:

message("This message should appeare only once!!!")
CONFIG += qt
SOURCES += src/main.cpp

I invoke qmake in the following way:

set QMAKESPEC=win32-msvc2008
set QTDIR=c:\Qt\4.8.4_vs2008\

call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86
call "%QTDIR%\bin\qmake.exe" -tp vc Server.pro

And I get following output:

Setting environment for using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 x86 tools.

Project MESSAGE: This message should be appeared only once!!!

Project MESSAGE: This message should be appeared only once!!!

Project MESSAGE: This message should be appeared only once!!!

Why did the message print THREE times?

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tmporaries
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Actually, the condition "build_pass" is always true except the first time qmake parses your .pro file, so the following works:

!build_pass:message("This message should appear only once")

I made a helper function, which works fine in my project:

defineTest(print) {
  !build_pass:message($$1)
}

print("This message should appear only once")
ZeRemz
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Because by default, qmake will create 3 makefiles: Makefile, Makefile.debug, and Makefile.release. This is because the default config is to build the project in debug and release modes. If you add CONFIG -= debug_and_release to your .pro file, you should only see the message once. You can find more info here and here.

JPaget
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thuga
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Add this line to your .pro file

CONFIG -= debug_and_release debug_and_release_target

qmake will generate only one Makefile with it and .pro file will be evaluated only once.

Sergey Skoblikov
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you can do it like this :

Release:message("This message should appeare only once!!!")

it will run once if you are in relase mode, for debug change to Debug:...

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