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BRL-CAD is a powerful cross-platform open source combinatorial solid modeling system
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removed the "d" in MS Windows Debug binaries #71

Closed drossberg closed 1 year ago

drossberg commented 1 year ago

for 3rd party libraries they were in the way during post-processing and prevent the debug build in some common constellations

starseeker commented 1 year ago

So, do I understand correctly that when you're building in debug mode, the output dll file names on your system are NOT showing the "d" naming convention?

drossberg commented 1 year ago

No, the binary debug output files have the "d" in their names, but the consuming libraries expect them without the "d".

When I generate the build files with standard CMake for MS Visual Studio, CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE is an empty string by default, and a solution is generated, which contains a configuration for release and debug mode. The scripts in src/other/ext however add the "d" to the set-up for the BRL-CAD libraries if CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE is set (and something like "debug"). As a result, the libraries with the "d" won't be found in debug mode, because the consuming libraries expect them without the "d".

In principle, this could be fixed by using a construct like $<$<CONFIG:debug>:~. But unfortunately, it won't be expanded for all occurrences.