[cmake-developers] [CMake 0012566]: REGRESSION: CMake suppresses /SUBSYSTEM linker flag

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=12566 
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Reported By:                Gili
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   12566
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2011-11-09 19:41 EST
Last Modified:              2011-11-09 19:41 EST
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Summary:                    REGRESSION: CMake suppresses /SUBSYSTEM linker flag
Description: 
Some users wish to use the console subsystem for debug builds and windows
subsystem for release builds. http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/VSConfigSpecificSettings
provides a solution that used to work but seems to have gotten broken in recent
releases.

http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=11171 contains a patch that fixes this
bug (by reversing the order in which manual linker flags and WIN32_EXECUTABLE
are processed). Please apply
http://public.kitware.com/Bug/file_download.php?file_id=3459&type=bug

Steps to Reproduce: 
1. Paste http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/VSConfigSpecificSettings into CMakeFiles.txt
2. Build project under Visual Studio 2010 debug and release builds
3. Notice how the /SUBSYSTEM linker flag is being ignored

Additional Information: 
Ideally we should be able to set SUBSYSTEM directly instead of specifying
LINK_FLAGS that show up under "Additional Options". Please consider fixing this
separately as an feature request. Again, though, users should be able to
configure different SUBSYSTEMS for different configurations (debug/release/etc).
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2011-11-09 19:41 Gili           New Issue                                    
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