verbose build

rentzk

Is there some sort of option in visual studio to produce a verbose build like the UNIX make command? I have a project with some sort of dependency loop, and it would be useful to know why it wants to build certain files. I know our include dependencies are messed up, and I need to track them down.

Ed Poore

Check the properties pages of the project, under something like Build Options.

As of how to accomplish this, have you ever tried Google?
Failing that try :badger::badger::badger:

rentzk

Under C/C++ - Advanced, there is a show includes option that is close to what I'm interested in. It shows a list of all of the files included by a particular source file. What I'm interested in is the ability to know which header file of that list is responsible for a particular source file being rebuilt. It's been years since I ran makefiles under UNIX, but I remember having this ability.

Ed Poore

Hmm, I've actually had a look for a verbose setting but can't find it now. Where the hell did I see it from? :sigh: Probably a Linux compiler :doh:

As of how to accomplish that have you ever tried Google? Failing that try :badger::badger::badger:.

rentzk

The "show includes" option will give a list of all of the files being included in a source file, but no indication as to which one is causing the rebuild. It doesn't take very many nested includes to make this a non-trivial task.

S Douglas

rentzk wrote:

I know our include dependencies are messed up, and I need to track them down.

Have you tried turning on the verbose switch in the complier? /VERBOSE (Print Progress Messages)[^]

I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:

S Douglas

Ed.Poore wrote:

Where the hell did I see it from?

Visual C++ Linker Options /VERBOSE (Print Progress Messages)[^]

I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley: