Add a GYP_DEFINE to force generating /Z7 flags for Visual C++.
This is required for parallel compilation tools that are unable to
support /Zi.
BUG=none
TEST=manual
Review URL: https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10416043
git-svn-id: svn://svn.chromium.org/chrome/trunk/src@138549 0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98
diff --git a/build/common.gypi b/build/common.gypi
index 0bc48a5..1f4539d8 100644
--- a/build/common.gypi
+++ b/build/common.gypi
@@ -631,6 +631,11 @@
# Currently ignored on Windows.
'coverage%': 0,
+ # Set to 1 to force Visual C++ to use legacy debug information format /Z7.
+ # This is useful for parallel compilation tools which can't support /Zi.
+ # Only used on Windows.
+ 'win_z7%' : 0,
+
# Although base/allocator lets you select a heap library via an
# environment variable, the libcmt shim it uses sometimes gets in
# the way. To disable it entirely, and switch to normal msvcrt, do e.g.
@@ -1461,6 +1466,15 @@
'include_dirs': [
'<(DEPTH)/third_party/wtl/include',
],
+ 'conditions': [
+ ['win_z7!=0', {
+ 'msvs_settings': {
+ 'VCCLCompilerTool': {
+ 'DebugInformationFormat': '1',
+ }
+ }
+ }],
+ ], # win_z7!=0
}], # OS==win
['enable_task_manager==1', {
'defines': [
