[cmake-developers] [CMake 0014158]: CMake generated project doesn't create PDB files in the right place.

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=14158 
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Reported By:                Berkus
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   14158
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2013-05-20 07:48 EDT
Last Modified:              2013-05-20 07:48 EDT
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Summary:                    CMake generated project doesn't create PDB files in
the right place.
Description: 
We have a somewhat non-standard configuration where to save build time we
generate OBJECT library and then assemble a final library out of
$<TARGET_OBJECTS> of that library.

The minimal reproducible example is posted on
https://github.com/berkus/cmake-pdb

During compile files of the OBJECT sub-library seem to receive invalid /Fd
option which specifies PDB file location, which leads to the following during
linking:
outerlib.lib(lib2.obj) : warning LNK4099: PDB 'vc110.pdb' was not found with
'outerlib.lib(lib2.obj)' or at
'C:\Users\***\Documents\cmake-pdb\_build_\_exe_\Debug\vc110.pdb'; linking object
as if no debug info

I don't know if this is intended behavior or not, but all my attempts to fix
this even manually were futile - cmake overrides /Fd setting.

Please advise how this can be fixed (either in cmake or in our code).


Steps to Reproduce: 
You can easily reproduce the case by checking out the repo and following the
steps outlined in the README.txt file.

Tested in VS2010 and VS2012.


Additional Information: 
       ClCompile:
         C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\bin\CL.exe /c
/Zi /nologo /W3 /WX- /Od /Ob0 /Oy- /D WIN32 /D _WINDOWS /D _DEBUG /D
"CMAKE_INTDIR=\"Debug\"" /D _MBCS /Gm- /EHsc /RTC1 /MDd /GS /fp:precise
/Zc:wchar_t /Zc:forScope /GR /Fo"innerlib_internal.dir\Debug\\"
/Fd"innerlib_internal.dir\Debug\vc110.pdb" /Gd /TP /analyze- /errorReport:prompt
 /Zm1000 "C:\Users\***\Documents\cmake-pdb\lib\lib2.cpp"
         lib2.cpp

while for outerlib.lib lib1.cpp PDB proper file name is specified:

       ClCompile:
         C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\bin\CL.exe /c
/Zi /nologo /W3 /WX- /Od /Ob0 /Oy- /D WIN32 /D _WINDOWS /D _DEBUG /D
"CMAKE_INTDIR=\"Debug\"" /D _MBCS /Gm- /EHsc /RTC1 /MDd /GS /fp:precise
/Zc:wchar_t /Zc:forScope /GR /Fo"outerlib.dir\Debug\\"
/Fd"C:/Users/***/Documents/cmake-pdb/_build_/_lib_/Debug/outerlib.pdb" /Gd /TP
/analyze- /errorReport:prompt  /Zm1000
"C:\Users\***\Documents\cmake-pdb\lib\lib1.cpp"
         lib1.cpp

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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2013-05-20 07:48 Berkus         New Issue                                    
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