RESOLVED FIXED312609
[CMake] Skip -dead_strip in Debug builds on macOS 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=312609
Summary [CMake] Skip -dead_strip in Debug builds on macOS
zak ridouh
Reported 2026-04-17 15:52:03 PDT
Source/cmake/OptionsMac.cmake unconditionally passed -Wl,-dead_strip to the linker, while the Xcode build sets DEAD_CODE_STRIPPING = NO for Debug (DEAD_CODE_STRIPPING[config=Debug] = NO in the various Base.xcconfig files). This made CMake Debug builds slower to link and stripped symbols that are useful while debugging. Gate the option behind a generator expression so it only applies to non-Debug configurations, matching Xcode. -dead_strip_dylibs is left unchanged.
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Comment 1 2026-04-17 15:52:09 PDT
<rdar://problem/175041322>
zak ridouh
Comment 2 2026-04-17 15:53:56 PDT
Pull request: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/63009
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Comment 3 2026-04-22 12:08:03 PDT
Committed 311794@main (e53d07efdb3a): <https://commits.webkit.org/311794@main> Reviewed commits have been landed. Closing PR #63009 and removing active labels.
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