Explicitly enable /INCREMENTAL linking for gyp-generated Debug builds,...

build/common.gypi

 # Copyright (c) 2009 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 {
   'variables': {
     # .gyp files should set chromium_code to 1 if they build Chromium-specific
     # code, as opposed to external code.  This variable is used to control
     # such things as the set of warnings to enable, and whether warnings are
     # treated as errors.
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             'cflags': [ '-ftest-coverage',
                         '-fprofile-arcs' ],
             'link_settings': { 'libraries': [ '-lgcov' ] },
           }],
         ]},
       # TODO(jrg): options for code coverage on Windows
       ],
     ],
     'default_configuration': 'Debug',
     'configurations': {
+       # VCLinkerTool LinkIncremental values below:
+       #   0 == default
+       #   1 == /INCREMENTAL:NO
+       #   2 == /INCREMENTAL
+       # Debug links incremental, Release does not.
       'Debug': {
         'conditions': [
           [ 'OS=="mac"', {
             'xcode_settings': {
               'COPY_PHASE_STRIP': 'NO',
               'GCC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL': '0',
             }
           }],
           [ 'OS=="win"', {
             'configuration_platform': 'Win32',
             'msvs_configuration_attributes': {
               'OutputDirectory': '$(SolutionDir)$(ConfigurationName)',
               'IntermediateDirectory': '$(OutDir)\\obj\\$(ProjectName)',
               'CharacterSet': '1',
             },
             'msvs_settings': {
               'VCCLCompilerTool': {
                 'Optimization': '0',
                 'PreprocessorDefinitions': ['_DEBUG'],
                 'BasicRuntimeChecks': '3',
                 'RuntimeLibrary': '1',
               },
               'VCLinkerTool': {
-                'LinkIncremental': '1',
+                'LinkIncremental': '2',
               },
               'VCResourceCompilerTool': {
                 'PreprocessorDefinitions': ['_DEBUG'],
               },
             },
           }],
         ],
       },
       'Release': {
         'defines': [
           'NDEBUG',
         ],
         'conditions': [
           [ 'OS=="mac"', {
             'xcode_settings': {
               'DEAD_CODE_STRIPPING': 'YES',
             }
           }],
           [ 'OS=="win" and msvs_use_common_release', {
             'configuration_platform': 'Win32',
             'msvs_props': ['release.vsprops'],
           }],
+          [ 'OS=="win"', {
+            'msvs_settings': {
+              'VCLinkerTool': {
+                'LinkIncremental': '1',
+              },
+            },
+          }],
         ],
       },
     },
   },
   'conditions': [
     ['OS=="linux"', {
       'target_defaults': {
         # Enable -Werror by default, but put it in a variable so it can
         # be disabled in ~/.gyp/include.gypi on the valgrind builders.
         'variables': {
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               'dbghelp.lib',
             ],
             'AdditionalLibraryDirectories':
               '<(DEPTH)/third_party/platformsdk_win2008_6_1/files/Lib',
             'DelayLoadDLLs': 'dbghelp.dll,dwmapi.dll,uxtheme.dll',
             'GenerateDebugInformation': 'true',
             'MapFileName': '$(OutDir)\\$(TargetName).map',
             'ImportLibrary': '$(OutDir)\\lib\\$(TargetName).lib',
             'TargetMachine': '1',
             'FixedBaseAddress': '1',
+            # SubSystem values:
+            #   0 == not set
+            #   1 == /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE
+            #   2 == /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS
+            # Most of the executables we'll ever create are tests
+            # and utilities with console output.
+            'SubSystem': '1',
           },
           'VCMIDLTool': {
             'GenerateStublessProxies': 'true',
             'TypeLibraryName': '$(InputName).tlb',
             'OutputDirectory': '$(IntDir)',
             'HeaderFileName': '$(InputName).h',
             'DLLDataFileName': 'dlldata.c',
             'InterfaceIdentifierFileName': '$(InputName)_i.c',
             'ProxyFileName': '$(InputName)_p.c',
           },
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     # settings in target dicts.  SYMROOT is a special case, because many other
     # Xcode variables depend on it, including variables such as
     # PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR.  When a source group corresponding to something
     # like PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR is added to a project, in order for the
     # files to appear (when present) in the UI as actual files and not red
     # red "missing file" proxies, the correct path to PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR,
     # and therefore SYMROOT, needs to be set at the project level.
     'SYMROOT': '<(DEPTH)/xcodebuild',
   },
 }