QT 4.8 and gif image support

Hey Guys,

I recently switched from static to shared lib build and first thing in 4.8.2 I saw was my gif image in a label (animated gif) was not appearing.

The image returns invalid.

Checking the configure options,

-qt-gif (has been removed from 4.8)

Configure Options 4.8 [qt-project.org] <- Seems Incorrect

Now building QT configure output shows

Third Party Libraries: ZLIB support…………qt GIF support………….plugin

however once building it I only see empty folders created inside the qt src dir\plugins

I guess I need to take the plugin dll’s to my app executable folder as well for GIF support but I cant seem to figure out where they are or if they failed to build.

Is there anything particular to pass in the configure / nmake command to request building plugins?