Cmake generator builds DEBUG version with CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release

[MarKS]

I am trying to build a project in DEBUG & RELEASE versions. I have set my build settings for cmake generator as follows:

I have custom INSTALL commands in my CMakeLists.txt file for both Release and Debug versions to pull relevant .dll files. When i generate and build DEBUG type it builds fine. Default path such as path\DEPLOY\bin\Debug is created and projectd.exe inside the Debug folder.

When i generate for Release mode, it creates a Debug folder exactly like path\DEPLOY\bin\Debug and on building i see, it pulls all the debug versions of .dll and creates a projectd.exe inside the Debug folder.

To cross check, i built my project with Cmake-GUI and build with VS 2015 everything works fine both in Debug and Release versions. So, nothing wrong with my CMakeLists.txt.

In my build output i could see this:

even when my CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release

It somehow still thinks configuration is set to Debug.

PS: I recently updated my Qt Creator from 4.2 => 4.12.4 but i still need to use Qt SDK 5.7.1 (not allowed to change this) on Win 10.

[Christian Ehrlicher]

This is a problem of msbuild - you have to pass the build configuration to msbuild via '/property:Configuration=Release'

[MarKS]

@Christian-Ehrlicher and how do i do that? Can i set it in QtCreator? Or do i need to add it in some build step?

[MarKS]

Understood. I added /property:Configuration=Release in the Tool arguments of release build. Build arguments should look like this cmake.exe --build . --target install -- /property:Configuration=Release.