Undefined reference to ModelTest::ModelTest under defaults. Clearly, we're not in a debug mode, but the sources think we are. Patch is not upstream, made by SpaceToast on #alpine-devel diff -ur a/client/ostinato.pro b/client/ostinato.pro --- a/client/ostinato.pro 2019-05-28 09:32:50.000000000 -0400 +++ b/client/ostinato.pro 2019-06-04 19:14:23.477762179 -0400 @@ -123,6 +123,6 @@ INCLUDEPATH += "../extra/modeltest" greaterThan(QT_MINOR_VERSION, 6) { -CONFIG(debug, debug|release): LIBS += -L"../extra/modeltest/$(OBJECTS_DIR)/" -lmodeltest -CONFIG(debug, debug|release): QT += testlib +LIBS += -L"../extra/modeltest/$(OBJECTS_DIR)/" -lmodeltest +QT += testlib }