[SOLVED] How does visual studio 2015 add "\Zi" compile option to CUDA Linker? How to remove it?

Issue

I use cmake to build C++ project. I didn't add "/Zi" compile option to CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS. But Visual Studio add "/Zi" to CUDA Linker automatically. My library will become pretty big with this option, so how can I remove it?

Solution

CUDA Visual Studio Integration doesn't make /Zi configurable by default.

You can either modify HostCommandLineTemplate, RuntimeApiCommandLineTemplate, and CommandLineTemplate directly in C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V140\BuildCustomizations\CUDA 10.0.props or specify an extra .props file to customize your build according to Visual Studio Customize your build.

Just in case, Here is also an example for customize VS build properties using cmake.

Answered By - expoter