switch default build type for git/svn clones to release with debug info

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Project
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16 FATAL_ERROR) # 3.1 is ok, but is 3.16 needed for proper version string
-project(nchat VERSION 2.25 LANGUAGES CXX)
+project(nchat VERSION 2.26 LANGUAGES CXX)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
 include(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
 set(NCHAT_PROJECT_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE)
 # Build type
 set(DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE "Release")
 if((EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.svn") OR (EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.git"))
-  set(DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE "Debug")
+  set(DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE "RelWithDebInfo")
 endif()
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
   message(STATUS "Using build type '${DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE}' (default).")

README.md

@@ -140,7 +140,9 @@ build by default (3.5GB using g++, and 1.5 GB for clang++). It is possible to ad
 Telegram client library source code so that it requires less RAM (but takes longer time).
 Doing so reduces the memory requirement to around 1GB under g++ and 0.5GB for clang++. Also, it
 is recommended to build nchat in release mode (which is default if downloading zip/tar release
-package - but with a git/svn clone it defaults to debug mode), to minimize memory usage.
+package - but with a git/svn clone it defaults to release with debug symbols), to minimize
+memory usage.
+
 Steps to build nchat on a low memory system:
 
 **Source**

lib/duchat/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -9,18 +9,6 @@ if(CCACHE_PROGRAM)
   set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY RULE_LAUNCH_COMPILE "${CCACHE_PROGRAM}")
 endif()
 
-# Build type
-set(DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE "Release")
-if((EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.svn") OR (EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.git"))
-  set(DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE "Debug")
-endif()
-if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
-  message(STATUS "Using build type '${DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE}' (default).")
-  set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "${DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE}")
-else()
-  message(STATUS "Using build type '${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}'.")
-endif()
-
 # Library
 add_library(duchat SHARED
   src/duchat.cpp

lib/ncutil/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -9,18 +9,6 @@ if(CCACHE_PROGRAM)
   set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY RULE_LAUNCH_COMPILE "${CCACHE_PROGRAM}")
 endif()
 
-# Build type
-set(DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE "Release")
-if((EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.svn") OR (EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.git"))
-  set(DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE "Debug")
-endif()
-if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
-  message(STATUS "Using build type '${DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE}' (default).")
-  set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "${DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE}")
-else()
-  message(STATUS "Using build type '${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}'.")
-endif()
-
 # Dependencies
 find_library(MAGIC_LIBRARY magic)
 find_path(MAGIC_INCLUDE_DIR magic.h

lib/tgchat/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -9,18 +9,6 @@ if(CCACHE_PROGRAM)
   set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY RULE_LAUNCH_COMPILE "${CCACHE_PROGRAM}")
 endif()
 
-# Build type
-set(DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE "Release")
-if((EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.svn") OR (EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.git"))
-  set(DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE "Debug")
-endif()
-if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
-  message(STATUS "Using build type '${DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE}' (default).")
-  set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "${DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE}")
-else()
-  message(STATUS "Using build type '${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}'.")
-endif()
-
 # Compiler specifics
 set(ATOMIC_TEST_SOURCE
   "

lib/wachat/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -9,18 +9,6 @@ if(CCACHE_PROGRAM)
   set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY RULE_LAUNCH_COMPILE "${CCACHE_PROGRAM}")
 endif()
 
-# Build type
-set(DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE "Release")
-if((EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.svn") OR (EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.git"))
-  set(DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE "Debug")
-endif()
-if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
-  message(STATUS "Using build type '${DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE}' (default).")
-  set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "${DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE}")
-else()
-  message(STATUS "Using build type '${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}'.")
-endif()
-
 # Library
 add_library(wachat SHARED
   src/wachat.cpp

make.sh

@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ if [[ "${DEBUG}" == "1" ]]; then
 
   CMAKEARGS="-DHAS_WHATSAPP=ON -DHAS_DUMMY=ON"
 
-  mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ${CMAKEARGS} .. && make -s ${MAKEARGS} && cd .. || exiterr "debug build failed, exiting."
+  mkdir -p dbgbuild && cd dbgbuild && cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ${CMAKEARGS} .. && make -s ${MAKEARGS} && cd .. || exiterr "debug build failed, exiting."
 fi
 
 # tests

src/nchat.1

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man.
-.TH NCHAT "1" "December 2021" "nchat v2.25" "User Commands"
+.TH NCHAT "1" "December 2021" "nchat v2.26" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 nchat \- ncurses chat
 .SH SYNOPSIS