On 11/03/2011 10:02 PM, Stephen Torri wrote:
> Searching the net for how to install PDB files with CMake comes up with no
> real solution. I can see from the mailing list archives that this issue had
> been brought up before. What is am acceptable way to install PDB files when
> compiling on Windows?
>
> Stephen
The problem is that PDB files are usually generated next to their binary
in a configuration-specific directory which can not be accessed smoothly
by INSTALL(FILES ...). However, you can use a POST_BUILD custom command
in conjunction with generator expressions to copy the PDB files to a
well-known location where INSTALL(FILES ...) will find them, e.g.:
ADD_EXECUTABLE(main ...)
ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(TARGET main POST_BUILD
COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:main>/main.pdb
${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/main.pdb)
INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/main.pdb DESTINATION ...)
Possibly, you might need to use a convenient CMake script or the
like instead of copy_if_different to account for missing PDB
files in non-debug configurations.
While this should work quite well, it would be nice if INSTALL()
has an idea of generator expressions, too, so it can find non-
target files residing in configuration-specific locations.
Perhaps, that's worth a feature request?
Regards,
Michael
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