CMake windeployqt not deplying .pdb files for executables

[Perdrix]

I build my release build for Windows using /Zi to create pdb files.

My CMake file says:

    set(deploy_tool_options_arg "${deploy_tool_options_arg} --pdb")

The Qt dll files do have their pdb files deployed, but my .exe files do not even though they are there in the build directory.

Is this something I'm doing wrong, or is the a bug?

Thanks
David

[Christian Ehrlicher]

With deploy_tool_options_arg you set the options for windeployqt which is only responsible to deploy the Qt dlls and plugins for your executable. It will not do anything with your executable.

[Perdrix]

So it won't copy the pdb files from my build dir to the deploy dir - OK understood - though I think it should!