macdeployqt and -use-debug-libs

Question

I want to build a dmg with a executable with debug symbols so I can take to another machine and debug it there. If I use macdeployqt with -use-debug-libs the dmg does seem to have debug symbols and I can use it on the machine it was built on.

But when I copy the dmg to another mac it fails with:

Library not loaded: @rpath/QtOpenGL.framework/Versions/5/QtOpenGL
Reason: image not found

If I build the dmg without -use-debug-libs and copy the dmg to another machine it does work. This seems like a bug in macdeployqt.

More info:

They both reference the same lib:

@rpath/QtOpenGL.framework/Versions/5/QtOpenGL (compatibility version 5.5.0, current version 5.5.1)

The non-debug Frameworks dir has this:

lrwxrwxr-x  1 LarryMartell  staff   25 Mar 15 11:00 QtOpenGL -> Versions/Current/QtOpenGL
lrwxrwxr-x  1 LarryMartell  staff   26 Mar 15 11:00 Resources -> Versions/Current/Resources
drwxrwxr-x@ 4 LarryMartell  staff  136 Mar 15 11:00 Versions

And the debug one has this:

lrwxrwxr-x  1 LarryMartell  staff   31 Mar 15 10:41 QtOpenGL_debug -> Versions/Current/QtOpenGL_debug
lrwxrwxr-x  1 LarryMartell  staff   26 Mar 15 10:41 Resources -> Versions/Current/Resources
drwxrwxr-x@ 4 LarryMartell  staff  136 Mar 15 10:41 Versions

Yeah that doesn't seem right. What `QtOpenGL.framework` is the non-debug executable using on this other machine? — trojanfoe, Mar 15 '16 at 14:59
So this is a `.app` with the Qt frameworks shipped in the `Frameworks` folder of the app bundle? Also have you checked the runpath of the executable (I think you use `otool` for that too)? — trojanfoe, Mar 15 '16 at 15:17
Yes, the QT frameworks are in the Frameworks folder of the app bundle. Not sure how to check the runpath. But this may be a known bug: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-48800 — Larry Martell, Mar 15 '16 at 15:21
See [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12521802/print-rpath-of-executable-on-osx). — trojanfoe, Mar 15 '16 at 15:23
It's the same for both: `@executable_path/../Frameworks (offset 12)` — Larry Martell, Mar 15 '16 at 15:27
Were you ever able to resolve this? Hitting this with 5.13.1 — Diarrhio, Sep 20 '19 at 10:41
same problem with 5.13.2 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-80202 — GeekUser, Nov 19 '19 at 20:41

macdeployqt and -use-debug-libs

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