Build project without debugging symbols

Brief Issue Summary

I’m working in a workspace with a lot of projects. The projects were working fine, even the debug. But when I created a new project in this same workspace, I could not debug it. The debug start without error, but the source code with the current line was not showed.

In the image below there is the panel with debug commands, but it looks like there is no debugging symbols. The Build Variant was set to Debug.

So, as a workaround I created a new line in the CMakeLists.txt file:

set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG} -g")

With the workaround it worked fine:

Am I missing some configuration?

Platform and Versions

• Operating System: Local: MacOS 10.13.6, Remote: Debian 10 running in Virtual Box
• CMake Version: 3.13.4
• VSCode Version: 1.57.0
• CMake Tools Extension Version: 1.7.3
• Compiler/Toolchain: GCC 8.3.0 x86_64-linux-gnu

[andreeis]

Oh I didn’t want you to set “cmake.configureOnOpen” to “false”, but make sure you didn’t already somewhere, I want it to be “true” (or default, meaning missing from settings.json). I only wanted “cmake.clearOutputBeforeBuild” to be “false”. In any case, I’ll have a look at the new log, maybe I spot something.

[andreeis]

Reactivating this report then. Unfortunately, the build cleared the output channel. Set “cmake.clearOutputBeforeBuild” to “false” in the same place as “loggingLevel” (it defaults to “true” as users need most of the time). And try to reproduce again? And share a new log, hopefully with more information. Also, do you set “cmake.configureOnOpen” to “false” anywhere?