[CMake] Selecting debug builds on linux after generating make files via cmake

[Philip Lowman]

cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug

Alternatively set it in the cache editor with ccmake or cmake-gui.

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Jan Neumann <jankneumann at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have been using cmake for years on the windows platform with great
> success, but now I need to do cross-platform development including linux and
> ran into the problem that I cannot figure out how to select a build
> configuration that embeds debugging symbols in my libraries and executables.
>
> I am generating project files for Eclipse or KDevelop (the current versions
> on Fedora 10) using the newest Cmake 2.6.3 and everything compiles fine. But
> any target that I choose for building does not generate debugging symbols.
> Do i need to configure something during the cmake generation process (I am
> currently using nearly identical build commands for windows and linux) to be
> able to generate targets that build executables with debug information or is
> there a more global switch in the IDE that I need to find to make the debug
> builds visible?
>
> Thanks for any advice,
>
> Jan
>
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Philip Lowman
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