[CMake] CMake stripping "/SUBSYSTEM" out of LINK_FLAGS

[cowwoc]

Hi,

I'm using CMAKE 2.8.6 with Visual Studio 2010 Express. According to
http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/VSConfigSpecificSettings I should be able run:

  set_target_properties(main PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS")

where "main" is my project, but I've discovered that CMake strips
"/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS" silently and never passes it to the linker. By
contrast, if I run:

set_target_properties(main PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "/SUBSYSTEM:foo")

  it reaches the linker. I can't simply add WIN32 to add_executable()
because I want debug builds to use the console sub-system and release builds
to use the windows subsystem. I have three questions:

1. Why CMake is stripping this flag?
2. Why is it not issuing a warning of some sort?
3. How do I override SUBSYSTEM as suggested by this Wiki entry?

Thanks,
Gili

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