The process, mechanism and results of configuring the build of a source-code project or hierarchy-of-files into its target artifacts (executable files, object libraries, generated documents etc.)
Questions tagged [buildconfiguration]
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Build Configuration: Mixed Platform VS Any CPU
What's the difference between different Build Configuration settings e.g. Any CPU, Mixed Platform, WIN32 etc in Visual Studio.

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"the outputpath property is not set for this project" error
I have a multi project solution in Visual Studio 2008. I just added a new Configuration called Release-VersionIncrement to the solution, specifying "use release" configuration as baseline. All project files were updated with that configuration.…

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Project reference conditional include with multiple conditions
Here's a snippet from my csproj file:
{4F9034E0-B8E3-448E-8794-CF9B9A5E7D46}
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#if debug --> #if myOwnConfig?
is there a way in Visual Studio to use a custom Configuration like "#if DEBUG"
I need a "#if OFFLINE" as my Build-Config's name is "Offline" (only for further debug-purposes too)...
Thanks!

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Xcode: TEST vs DEBUG preprocessor macros
When creating a new project with unit tests, Xcode sets the build configuration to Debug for the Test scheme (same for the Run scheme).
Should I differentiate between Run (Command-R) & Test (Command-U) schemes?
I.e., should I create a new Build…

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Using MSBuild to Build Multiple Configurations
I'm trying to edit my project file to enable me to have a project that builds multiple build configs at once. I've done this using a batching approach and using the MSBuild task (see below).
If I run the script, I get an this error:
Error 103 The…

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Should tests run in Debug or Release configuration in dotnet core
I am using dotnet core 2+, but the question is likely much more generic.
My CI pipeline currently looks like this:
dotnet build -c Release
dotnet test
dotnet public -c Release --no-build
For the test step, it uses the default Debug configuration,…

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What's the difference between a "release" and a "master" in VS?
"Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows" allows me to compile debug, release or master. While the difference between debug and release is known, I've never heard of a master compilation option. What does it do different from release?

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How can I associate a project to an agent pool on TeamCity?
For my automated tests I have a project added to TeamCity server and 2 Agent Pool, one is a Windows Server and the other one is a MAC. The default agent pool is WIN but I wanted to run my tests on the MAC server. To change the agent pool to MAC, I…

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How do I set basic options with meson?
I'm trying to configure a project with meson. Specifically, I'm trying to set some of the options.
meson config tells me, among other things:
Core options:
Option Current Value Possible Values …

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Android - use ant to create build configurations that change configuration values
What I want is a way to have settings that are dependent on build configuration. To give a specific example, my android application connects to a web service. In development, I want the service url to be pulled in from a configurable value. In…

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How to set Xcode project dependencies with different build configurations?
I have an Xcode 7.3 workspace with three projects, App, FrameworkA, and FrameworkB. Each project has a single target. This is iOS, so the framework targets are Cocoa Touch Frameworks, which means frameworks containing dynamically linked shared…

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Missing Debug|Any CPU build configuration for projects and defaulting to Debug|x86 on Windows x64
I've just recently reinstalled Windows 7 x64 on my box. The installation succeeded, and I've had no issues with the operating system as a whole. I believe there is a configuration issue with either Windows or .NET x64.
Symptoms
The default build…

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Swift: iOS Deployment Target Command Line Flag
How do I check the iOS deployment target in a Swift conditional compilation statement?
I've tried the following:
#if __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED < __IPHONE_8_0
// some code here
#else
// other code here
#endif
But, the first expression…

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In CLion, how do you set CMakeLists.txt option values?
I'm trying to use CLion (latest version - 2019.3) to work on a source repository of mine, which already uses CMake (i.e. has a CMakeLists.txt). Now, the package has some options regarding which targets to build; by default it builds just a few, but…

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