The following issue has been SUBMITTED. ====================================================================== https://cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=15865 ====================================================================== Reported By: temp4746 Assigned To: ====================================================================== Project: CMake Issue ID: 15865 Category: CMake Reproducibility: always Severity: major Priority: normal Status: new ====================================================================== Date Submitted: 2015-11-26 14:11 EST Last Modified: 2015-11-26 14:11 EST ====================================================================== Summary: Can't use /PDBALTPATH:%_PDB% in MSVC IDE generator due to CMake escaping percent signs Description: When using the MSVC generator and using a linker flag that is added to the AdditionalOptions of the linker in the vcxproj, CMake will escape the linker flag.
For example it will double up percent signs in a flag such as: /PDBALTPATH:%_PDB% Resuling in: /PDBALTPATH:%%_PDB%% Which is wrong in the MSVC IDE but might be correct for makefile generators. This prevents using this flag properly. Any fix for this need to be carefully thought out to prevent introducing an escaping bug in a different location in CMake. BTW if you try using percent signs in a compiler option it will escape it TWICE meaning you get FOUR percent signs for one percent sign. Steps to Reproduce: Try the following: cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4) project(Bug) add_executable(bug main.cpp) set_target_properties(bug PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "/PDBALTPATH:%_PDB%") And look in the IDE under linker->Command Line ====================================================================== Issue History Date Modified Username Field Change ====================================================================== 2015-11-26 14:11 temp4746 New Issue ====================================================================== -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
