ninjabackend: Add support for installing .pdb files

.pdb files are files created by MSVC which have debug symbols. These are
created when /ZI or /Zi is passed to the compiler and /DEBUG to the
linker.

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py b/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py
index 1f1c3ca..81283dc 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py
@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@ class Backend():
             return os.path.join(self.get_target_dir(target), target.get_filename())
         raise AssertionError('BUG: Tried to link to something that\'s not a library')
 
+    def get_target_debug_filename(self, target):
+        fname = target.get_debug_filename()
+        if not fname:
+            raise AssertionError("BUG: Tried to generate debug filename when it doesn't exist")
+        return os.path.join(self.get_target_dir(target), fname)
+
     def get_target_dir(self, target):
         if self.environment.coredata.get_builtin_option('layout') == 'mirror':
             dirname = target.get_subdir()
diff --git a/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py b/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
index 28667b7..e00fe2f 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
@@ -523,6 +523,13 @@ int dummy;
                 else:
                     # XXX: Add BuildTarget-specific install dir cases here
                     outdir = self.environment.get_libdir()
+                if isinstance(t, build.SharedLibrary) or isinstance(t, build.Executable):
+                    if t.get_debug_filename():
+                        # Install the debug symbols file in the same place as
+                        # the target itself. It has no aliases, should not be
+                        # stripped, and doesn't have an install_rpath
+                        i = [self.get_target_debug_filename(t), outdir, [], False, '']
+                        d.targets.append(i)
                 i = [self.get_target_filename(t), outdir, t.get_aliaslist(),\
                     should_strip, t.install_rpath]
                 d.targets.append(i)