[CMake] Supplying different debug flags during compile and link stages for libraries and executables

[Brett Delle Grazie]

Hi Petr,

Thanks very much ... I saw something extremely similar in the VS
/STACK:1000 and managed to work it out from there.
I've been playing around with it today and have managed to get somewhere.

Thanks again,

Brett

On 28 June 2012 08:06, Petr Kmoch <petr.kmoch at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Brett,
>
> as far as I know, compilation flags come from
> CMAKE_<lang>_FLAGS_<config>, while linker flags come from
> CMAKE_{SHARED|EXE}_LINKER_FLAGS[_<config>]. So you should be able to
> override CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_Debug (not sure with correct case
> for configuration name) and remove -g from there.
>
> Petr
>
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Brett Delle Grazie
> <brett.dellegrazie at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On AIX using the XLC compiler I've determined the debug flag (-g)
>> should be used for all compile stages but should only be supplied to
>> the final
>> link stage of an executable (not a library target), otherwise
>> duplicate symbol errors result.
>> For reference see:
>> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=438591&tstart=0
>>
>> Is there an easy way of supplying a different set of debug flags for
>> the compile stage as opposed to the link stage?
>>
>> I could potentially override:
>> CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG_INIT
>> CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG_INIT
>>
>> but I can't really see where these are combined into the compile / link rules.
>>
>> Does anyone have any suggestions? Any guidance / help is appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Brett Delle Grazie
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Best Regards,

Brett Delle Grazie