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| author | Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek@centricular.com> | 2020-08-04 18:39:29 +0530 |
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| committer | Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek.chauhan@gmail.com> | 2020-08-05 16:40:53 +0000 |
| commit | eeebfded853564c4a8c5a6ab7cc6a1d9331b0779 (patch) | |
| tree | 491c602b55f60a1b4747ceb35bad0b74e5a02e1b | |
| parent | bfddf9cfbc9281665fc1d562e9bf4b996b3a5ebd (diff) | |
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Document VS backend from_buildtype behaviour change in release notes
Closes https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/7438
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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.55.0.md b/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.55.0.md index 534c452..cd3f795 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.55.0.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.55.0.md @@ -305,3 +305,11 @@ $ meson compile "--ninja-args=['a,b', 'c d']" dumping the AST (--ast): **new in 0.55.0** - prints the AST of a meson.build as JSON +## `--backend=vs` now matches `-Db_vscrt=from_buildtype` behaviour in the Ninja backend + +When `--buildtype=debugoptimized` is used with the Ninja backend, the VS CRT +option used is `/MD`, which is the [behaviour documented for all +backends](https://mesonbuild.com/Builtin-options.html#b_vscrt-from_buildtype). +However, the Visual Studio backend was pass `/MT` in that case, which is inconsistent. + +If you need to use the MultiThreaded CRT, you should explicitly pass `-Db_vscrt=mt` |