Re: [boost build] - How to create symbols (.pdb) files on windows using VS2017 Community Edition?

From: Mateusz Loskot (mateusz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-02-03 23:06:43

On Mon, 3 Feb 2020 at 23:23, Eko palypse via Boost-users
<boost-users_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> How can I build pdb files using b2 tool?
> If I run b2 -a --with-regex toolset=msvc-14.1 debug-symbols=on address-model=64 architecture=ia64 variant=debug
> it creates the needed lib but no pdb files are created.

Additionally to
debug-symbols=on
add
debug-store=database

You should find PDBs in sub-folder(s) called debug-store-database.

You may find some additional useful info here
https://github.com/boostorg/build/issues/492

Best regards,
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Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net