A few fixes and started working on docs.

common/cmake.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # See attached file LICENSE for full details
 
 import os
+from enum import Enum
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from build_functions.build_utils import file_and_console_log, run_in_shell
@@ -11,7 +12,17 @@ import common.settings
 from package.package_info import PackageInfo
 
 
-def cmake_build_install(local_directory, package_info: PackageInfo, cmake_args: list[tuple[str, str]] = []):
+class CMakeBuildType(Enum):
+    RELEASE = (1, "Release")
+    RELWITHDEBINFO = (2, "RelWithDebInfo")
+    DEBUG = (3, "Debug")
+
+    def __init__(self, num, label):
+        self._num = num
+        self.label = label
+
+def cmake_build_install(local_directory, package_info: PackageInfo, cmake_args: list[tuple[str, str]] = [],
+                        build_type: CMakeBuildType = CMakeBuildType.RELEASE) -> Path:
     argstr = ""
 
     # Create flags string out of args tuples
@@ -39,7 +50,7 @@ def cmake_build_install(local_directory, package_info: PackageInfo, cmake_args:
             run_in_shell(f"cmake .. {common.settings.cmake_toolset} -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES:STRING=Release "
                          f"{argstr} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX={install_prefix}")
 
-            run_in_shell(f'cmake --build . --config Release --target INSTALL --parallel {common.settings.num_cores}')
+            run_in_shell(f'cmake --build . --config {build_type.label} --target INSTALL --parallel {common.settings.num_cores}')
 
             with open("built_and_installed.txt", "w") as lockfile:
                 lockfile.write(f"built release")
@@ -51,5 +62,5 @@ def cmake_build_install(local_directory, package_info: PackageInfo, cmake_args:
     return install_prefix
 
 def assemble_prefix_path(packages: list[PackageInfo]) -> str:
-    paths = [str(pkg.install_location()) for pkg in packages]
-    return ";".join(paths)
+    paths = [str(pkg.install_location().as_posix()) for pkg in packages]
+    return ";".join(paths)

common/settings.py

@@ -26,13 +26,11 @@ run_in_buildpipeline = "BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY" in os.environ
 num_cores = 3 if run_in_buildpipeline else 6
 
 if os.name == "posix":
-    cmake_config_flag = "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
     cmake_toolset = ""
     lib_wildcard = "*.a"
     dll_wildcard = "*.so"
     zlib_static_lib_name = "libz.a"
 elif os.name == "nt":  # Windows
-    cmake_config_flag = "CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES:STRING=Release"
     cmake_toolset = "-T v143"
     boost_toolset = "msvc-" + cmake_toolset[-3:-1] + "." + cmake_toolset[-1]
     boost_bootstrap_toolset = "vc" + cmake_toolset[-3:-1] + cmake_toolset[-1]
@@ -53,7 +51,8 @@ cmake_global_flags = [
     ("CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED:BOOL", "ON"),
     ("CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY:STRING", "\"MultiThreadedDLL\""),
     ("CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE:BOOL", "ON"),
-    ("CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING", "Release")
+    ("CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES:STRING", "Release;RelWithDebInfo"),
+    # ("CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING", "Release")
 ]
 
 def set_global_rebuild(new_rebuild: bool = False) -> None: