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diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/cmake_build_type.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/cmake_build_type.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..af9e84dc8 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/cmake_build_type.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +## Meson now propagates its build type to CMake + +When the CMake build type variable, `CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE`, is not set via the +`add_cmake_defines` method of the [`cmake options` object](CMake-module.md#cmake-options-object), +it is inferred from the [Meson build type](Builtin-options.md#details-for-buildtype). +Build types of the two build systems do not match perfectly. The mapping from +Meson build type to CMake build type is as follows: + +- `debug` -> `Debug` +- `debugoptimized` -> `RelWithDebInfo` +- `release` -> `Release` +- `minsize` -> `MinSizeRel` + +No CMake build type is set for the `plain` Meson build type. The inferred CMake +build type overrides any `CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE` environment variable. |