From ebb2b9b73ae1fe7a09c419be6d2490fa12d3e46f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hjk <hjk@qt.io>
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2023 11:44:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] QmakeProjectManager: Avoid endless loop on self-referencing
 mkspec links

Change-Id: I2b8fda49931c2f133f96c6e1c8001757d926af9e
Reviewed-by: Marcus Tillmanns <marcus.tillmanns@qt.io>
---
 src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakebuildconfiguration.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakebuildconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakebuildconfiguration.cpp
index 39618c41956..c494f5544a6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakebuildconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakebuildconfiguration.cpp
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ QString QmakeBuildConfiguration::extractSpecFromArguments(QString *args,
             parsedSpec = baseMkspecDir.pathAppended(parsedSpec.path());
     }
 
-    while (parsedSpec.isSymLink())
+    for (int i = 0; i < 5 && parsedSpec.isSymLink(); ++i)
         parsedSpec = parsedSpec.symLinkTarget();
 
     if (parsedSpec.isChildOf(baseMkspecDir)) {