[cmake-developers] [CMake 0012226]: Case inconsistency between CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE and CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX and alike. Inability to retrieve active postfix.

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=12226 
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Reported By:                Mikhail
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   12226
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2011-05-25 17:58 EDT
Last Modified:              2011-05-25 17:58 EDT
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Summary:                    Case inconsistency between CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE and
CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX and alike. Inability to retrieve active postfix.
Description: 
While default build type is Debug, postfix should be specified using DEBUG
configuration name. There is no effect if CMAKE_Debug_POSTFIX is used with
default configuration settings.

This results in the necessity to specify explicitly build type as DEBUG for
${CMAKE_${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}_POSTFIX} to work. This kind of constructions is
necessary to retrieve active postfix that can be used with gendef tool to
generate symbol table in custom command.

Steps to Reproduce: 
if (MSVC80)
set (CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX "-vc80-d")
set (CMAKE_RELEASE_POSTFIX "-vc80")
set(EXTRA "MSVC_Net2005")
elseif (MSVC90)
set (CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX "-vc90-d")
set (CMAKE_RELEASE_POSTFIX "-vc90")
set(EXTRA "MSVC_Net2008")
elseif (MSVC10)
set (CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX "-vc100-d")
set (CMAKE_RELEASE_POSTFIX "-vc100")
set(EXTRA "MSVC_Net2010")
endif (MSVC80)

set(POSTFIX ${CMAKE_${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}_POSTFIX})
message("Postfix is ${POSTFIX}")

Will result in an empty POSTFIX, though correct postfix is applied. If we
replace DEBUG to Debug everywhere, no postfix will be applied for default build.

Additional Information: 
By default build I mean something like cmake ..
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2011-05-25 17:58 Mikhail        New Issue                                    
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