require setting default_build_type

autocmake/generate.py

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def autogenerated_notice():
     return '\n'.join(s)
 
 
-def gen_setup(config, relative_path, setup_script_name):
+def gen_setup(config, default_build_type, relative_path, setup_script_name):
     """
     Generate setup script.
     """
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def gen_setup(config, relative_path, setup_script_name):
         rest = ' '.join(opt.split()[1:]).strip()
         options.append([first, rest])
 
-    options.append(['--type=<TYPE>', 'Set the CMake build type (debug, release, or relwithdeb) [default: release].'])
+    options.append(['--type=<TYPE>', 'Set the CMake build type (debug, release, relwithdebinfo, minsizerel) [default: {0}].'.format(default_build_type)])
     options.append(['--generator=<STRING>', 'Set the CMake build system generator [default: Unix Makefiles].'])
     options.append(['--show', 'Show CMake command and exit.'])
     options.append(['--cmake-executable=<CMAKE_EXECUTABLE>', 'Set the CMake executable [default: cmake].'])
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def gen_setup(config, relative_path, setup_script_name):
     return s
 
 
-def gen_cmakelists(project_name, min_cmake_version, relative_path, modules):
+def gen_cmakelists(project_name, min_cmake_version, default_build_type, relative_path, modules):
     """
     Generate CMakeLists.txt.
     """
@@ -137,9 +137,14 @@ def gen_cmakelists(project_name, min_cmake_version, relative_path, modules):
     s.append('\n# do not rebuild if rules (compiler flags) change')
     s.append('set(CMAKE_SKIP_RULE_DEPENDENCY TRUE)')
 
+    build_type_capitalized = {'debug': 'Debug',
+                              'release': 'Release',
+                              'relwithdebinfo': 'RelWithDebInfo',
+                              'minsizerel': 'MinSizeRel'}
+
     s.append('\n# if CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE undefined, we set it to Debug')
     s.append('if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)')
-    s.append('    set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Debug")')
+    s.append('    set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "{0}")'.format(build_type_capitalized[default_build_type]))
     s.append('endif()')
 
     if len(modules) > 0: