For dynamic libs, use /Fd to point to a DIFFERENT file name, because that source-code .pdb is unrelated to the resulting binary .pdb that results from link /debug /opt:ref (otherwise indistinguishable from link /release but for massively useful information :-) I've taken to calling these /Fd"Release\libapr_src" where _src is a different collection of pdb info from the libapr-1.pdb that corresponds to a dll.
For static libs, I've taken to compiling all the lib's sources into a /Fd pdb named for the static lib, so that they move nicely together. E.g for apr-1.lib static library, /Fd"Release\apr-1" gives us a nice source-code pdb. Once apr-1.lib+apr-1.pdb have been link /debug 'ed into a resulting binary, neither is interesting anymore, so these are very much for the library consumer. Bill
