Re: [AD] Visual C++ makefile change

[aj <aj@xxxxxxxxxx>]

wouldn't  just renaming  vc70.pdb to alld_s.pdb be suffucient.
is there a way to add a post build step in the makefile that renamed it.


> I compiled allegro using DJGPP and MSVC 2003, to 3 static libraries:
> release, debug, and profiling.  When I went to use the debug library, MSVC
> 2003 gave warnings that the PDB (MSVC debugging information database) was
> not available for the debug lib file. To make matters worse, MSVC names its
> debugging databases vc70.pdb by default instead of making names that are
> specific to the output file being generated, which means if I wanted to use
> the debugging database I would have to separate all my library files into
> their own directories to avoid filename conflicts.
>
> My suggestion is to include the debugging information in the debug output
> file (lib or dll) for MSVC instead of generating a separate database. This
> would be done on the following line of the MSVC makefile. The option -Zi
> would need to change to -Z7.
>
> # -------- debugging build --------
>
> CFLAGS = -DDEBUGMODE=$(DEBUGMODE) $(WFLAGS) -Gd -Zi
>
> # -------- debugging build --------
>
> CFLAGS = -DDEBUGMODE=$(DEBUGMODE) $(WFLAGS) -Gd -Z7
>
> Farewell,
> Blake