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

Question

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?

Answer 1

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.