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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/spack/build_systems/cmake.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/build_systems/cmake.py b/lib/spack/spack/build_systems/cmake.py index 5230aa240e..f3b4ad35d6 100644 --- a/lib/spack/spack/build_systems/cmake.py +++ b/lib/spack/spack/build_systems/cmake.py @@ -90,9 +90,13 @@ class CMakePackage(spack.package_base.PackageBase): with when("build_system=cmake"): # https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE.html + # See https://github.com/spack/spack/pull/36679 and related issues for a + # discussion of the trade-offs between Release and RelWithDebInfo for default + # builds. Release is chosen to maximize performance and reduce disk-space burden, + # at the cost of more difficulty in debugging. variant( "build_type", - default="RelWithDebInfo", + default="Release", description="CMake build type", values=("Debug", "Release", "RelWithDebInfo", "MinSizeRel"), ) |