Hi Eric, In our different projects, we use an approach similar to this one:
# Set a default build type if none was specified if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES) message(STATUS "Setting build type to 'Debug' as none was specified.") set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug CACHE STRING "Choose the type of build." FORCE) # Set the possible values of build type for cmake-gui set_property(CACHE CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE PROPERTY STRINGS "Debug" "Release" "MinSizeRel" "RelWithDebInfo") endif() See http://vtk.org/gitweb?p=VTK.git;a=blob;f=CMakeLists.txt;h=a57fd66ef333fc26bf74fe658c88c3c634f54c3a;hb=HEAD#l12 Hth Jc On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 11:21 AM, pellegrini <pellegr...@ill.fr> wrote: > Hi all, > > when cmake is run without specifying the build type using -D > CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE, it is the Debug mode that is selected as > the default. I would like to find a way to use Release as the default > value when the user does not specify any build > type in the cmake command line. > > From one of my previous post concerning CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX variable, I > was thinking to use a similar approach i.e.: > > project(Foo) > > if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE_INITIALIZED_**TO_DEFAULT) > set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release) > endif > > but cmake still sets CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE to Debug in the CMakeCache.txt file. > > Would you have any idea about what is wrong with my implementation ? > > thanks a lot. > > Eric > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/** > opensource/opensource.html<http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html> > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/**CMake_FAQ<http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ> > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.cmake.org/mailman/**listinfo/cmake<http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake> > -- +1 919 869 8849
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