Can we provide --debug and --release on a single build?

[Neil Horman]

yeah, then you need to build twice, once with each set of compiler flags.
Renaming is a manual process IIRC

On Wed, Jul 10, 2024 at 1:43 PM BENTLEY Thom <Thom.BENTLEY at 3ds.com> wrote:

> Thanks Neil.
> I just want to end up having a debug and release version of each library.
> I need to rename them for use with DCMTK to the following.
>
>      openssl:
>
>        "dcmtkcrypto_d.lib" - debug version
>
>        "dcmtkcrypto_o.lib" - release version (optimized)
>
>        "dcmtkssl_d.lib"    - debug version
>
>        "dcmtkssl_o.lib"    - release version (optimized)
>
>
>
> It seems they expect those file names and use them when generating a build
> system with CMake.
>
>
>
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>
> *Thom Bentley *| Senior Software Engineer | Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes
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> *From:* Neil Horman <nhorman at openssl.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 10, 2024 1:32 PM
> *To:* BENTLEY Thom <Thom.BENTLEY at 3ds.com>
> *Subject:* Re: Can we provide --debug and --release on a single build?
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>
> you can supply both, but they don't create separate libraries. The --debug
> and --release just set different optimization flags on the compiler (-g -O0
> vs -O3) If you want to be able to provide an optimized production build,
> and supply a
>
> you can supply both, but they don't create separate libraries. The --debug
> and --release just set different optimization flags on the compiler (-g -O0
> vs -O3)
>
>
>
> If you want to be able to provide an optimized production build, and
> supply a level of debugability (though not as good as building with -O0),
> you're best bet, is to build with -g and -O3, then use objcopy to separate
> the debug sections into their own file, then strip the debug info from the
> initial dso.  This is how most distributions create their debuginfo packages
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 10, 2024 at 1:22 PM BENTLEY Thom via openssl-users <
> openssl-users at openssl.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I was wondering if the build scripts could handling providing –debug and
> –release for a build.
> Would this create release and debug libraries in a single build?
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> P.S.  I know I could try it, but I thought others might want to know later
> too.  Perhaps an update in the INSTALL.md file.
>
>
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