VS Arduino - Release build uses -g and -DVM_DEBUG

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TVC Junior Member Offline Posts: 12 Joined: Dec 19^th, 2016	Release build uses -g and -DVM_DEBUG_GDB options Jan 23^rd, 2020 at 5:28pm	Print Post
	Hello VM Community. I am trying to do a Release build for a project using Visual Studio 2019 16.4.3 and Visual Micro 1912.28.2. It seems no matter which build configuration I select (Debug/Release), the compiler always adds the -g and -DVM_DEBUG_GDB options as follows (snipped from actual Release mode build): arm-none-eabi-g++ -mcpu=cortex-m4 -g -DVM_DEBUG_GDB... which is coming from build.vm.extra_flags. Under Externsions/VMicro/Debugger, "Debug" is set to "Debug: Off" (under "Misc" in "Advanced Settings", "(Micro Debug)" is set to None. It should not be set here, but I mention it for completeness). It also appears in the file Compile.vmps.xml. Any idea what is going on here? I don't recall seeing this in previous versions of VM. I tried it on VM version 1902.17.0 in VS2015 and did not see this behavior. Thanks, Tom


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Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12076 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: Release build uses -g and -DVM_DEBUG_GDB options Reply #1 - Jan 23^rd, 2020 at 8:22pm	Print Post
	Ignore the poject properties they relate to the serial debugger, please set vMicro>Debugger to Off. If it is already set to off then select Off again and see if that resolves Otherwise, In Release, please follow the guide in yellow above so that we can replicate/see your config. Thanks
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TVC Junior Member Offline Posts: 12 Joined: Dec 19^th, 2016	Re: Release build uses -g and -DVM_DEBUG_GDB options Reply #2 - Jan 23^rd, 2020 at 9:12pm	Print Post
	Switching the debugger option on and then off resolved the issue. Note that this had to be done for both the Debug and Release configurations. Thanks!


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Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12076 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: Release build uses -g and -DVM_DEBUG_GDB options Reply #3 - Jan 23^rd, 2020 at 9:27pm	Print Post
	Great, it is intentional for debug to be on with debug config. If you switch off "vMicro>Debugger>Automatic debugging" then that will no longer be the case. When you set the options yourself that also overrides the default.


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