Disable C++ PDB generation from the IDE

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Ofek Shilon picture Ofek Shilon · Jan 24, 2013 · Viewed 11k times · Source

We need to surpress generation of debug symbols. The options availble under project properties/ configuration properties / c/c++ / general / debug information format, are equivalent to /Z7, /Zi and /ZI - I can't find a way to omit the /Zx flag entirely.

Unlike the situation here - we're building from the IDE.

I'm using visual studio 2010, and the project at hand is a static library.

EDIT: Here's the view from my installation of VS2012. Is this some installation issue?? Are your Debug-Information-Format options different? enter image description here

Answer

oleksii picture oleksii · Jan 28, 2013

You can remove it manually:

Step 1. Compiler.

  • Selected "Configuration Properties > C/C++ > General > Debug Information Format"
  • Hit DEL

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Step 2. Linker.

Also you need to disable generating Debug info for Linker

  • Selected "Configuration Properties > Linker > Debugging> Generate Debug Info" set to No

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Step 3. Profiler.

  • Also set "Profile" to "No" in Linker > Advanced or you may still see PDB files generated!

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