Re: [boost] Jam and PDB files

From: Keith Burton (kb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-27 03:23:18

It is possible that one of the issues is that you need to name
the compiler generated PDB file using the /Fd option.

This is what my project builds do but I cannot remember why.

Keith

----- Original Message -----
From: "bill_kempf" <williamkempf_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 5:13 PM
Subject: [boost] Jam and PDB files

> I had a user e-mail me asking if Jam could produce PDB files.  At
> first I was surprised by this, since I thought Jam was producing the
> PDB files.  However, the only PDB being generated is the vc?0.pdb
> file.  Well, I've always relied on the IDE to set this stuff up for
> me, so I didn't have a clue about how to specify things on the
> command line and had to start doing some research.  Here's a diff of
> msvc-tools.jam that I did to generate the "project" PDB files:
>
> C:\home\boost\tools\build>cvs diff
> ? jam_src/bin.ntx86
> Index: msvc-tools.jam
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/boost/boost/tools/build/msvc-tools.jam,v
> retrieving revision 1.20
> diff -c -r1.20 msvc-tools.jam
> *** msvc-tools.jam      17 Feb 2002 22:46:30 -0000      1.20
> --- msvc-tools.jam      26 Feb 2002 17:01:26 -0000
> ***************
> *** 22,28 ****
>   }
>
>   flags msvc CFLAGS <debug-symbols>on : /Zi ;
> ! flags msvc LINKFLAGS <debug-symbols>on : /DEBUG ;
>
>   flags msvc CFLAGS <optimization>off : /Od ;
>   flags msvc CFLAGS <optimization>speed : /O2 ;
> --- 22,28 ----
>   }
>
>   flags msvc CFLAGS <debug-symbols>on : /Zi ;
> ! flags msvc LINKFLAGS <debug-
> symbols>on : /DEBUG /debugtype:cv /pdbtype:con ;
>
>   flags msvc CFLAGS <optimization>off : /Od ;
>   flags msvc CFLAGS <optimization>speed : /O2 ;
>
> Now there are few issues left, and I don't have the knowledge to
> address them.
>
> Static link libraries aren't "executables" (well, niether are DLLs,
> but in this case the linker treats DLLs as "executable") so a
> <project>.pdb file is not generated.  However, the vc?0.pdb file is
> still generated, but is generated in the build directory (and thus
> causes a name clash with other builds).  I tried to research this and
> have a few links that suggest for static libraries we should be using
> the /Z7 switch.  However, I honestly don't know if this is misguided
> advice or not.  Here are some links that describe this:
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?
> q=vc60.pdb&start=30&hl=en&selm=EK7E3.1224%24nV6.1343%40client&rnum=31
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&selm=38480E48.CEB0E1F4%
> 40cavedog.com
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&selm=qKpK3.1686%241h3.80430%
> 40monger.newsread.com
> http://www.therationaledge.com/content/apr_01/t_debug_gb.html
>
> Another issue is whether or not the Jam rules should provide an
> explicit way to set this stuff.  The VC++ IDE generates PDB files by
> default, and that's what most people are going to expect and want.
> But there may be others that want a different form of debug
> information, so simply turning it on for all debug builds like I did
> may not be the correct solution.
>
> Hopefully VC++ experts and Jam developers can help resolve these
> issues.
>
> Bill Kempf
>
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