Setting /PROFILE Linker Flag for CMake MSVC Target

Question

How do I get CMake to always set/add the /PROFILE linker flag for the RelWithDebInfo MSVC (17) target?

Answer 1

You can check if you're targeting MSVC, and if so use a generator expression to add /PROFILE to the link options for your target if RelWithDebInfo is the target.

if (MSVC) 
  target_link_options(my_target PRIVATE $<$<CONFIG:RELWITHDEBINFO>:/PROFILE>)
endif()

target_link_options is from 3.13, you can use target_link_libraries if you're on an old version.