compiler_args

This is the reference page for compiler_args generator. Go to Integrations/Compilers on command line if you want to learn how to integrate your project calling your compiler in the command line.

Generates a file named conanbuildinfo.args containing a command line parameters to invoke gcc, clang or cl compiler.

You can use the compiler_args generator directly to build simple programs:

gcc/clang:

> g++ timer.cpp @conanbuildinfo.args -o bin/timer

cl:

$ cl /EHsc timer.cpp @conanbuildinfo.args

With gcc or clang

FLAG	MEANING
-DXXX	Corresponding to requirements defines
-IXXX	Corresponding to requirements include dirs
-Wl,-rpathXXX	Corresponding to requirements lib dirs
-LXXX	Corresponding to requirements lib dirs
-lXXX	Corresponding to requirements libs and system_libs
-m64	For x86_64 architecture
-m32	For x86 architecture
-DNDEBUG	For Release builds
-s	For Release builds (only gcc)
-g	For Debug builds
-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0	When setting libcxx == “libstdc++”
-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=1	When setting libcxx == “libstdc++11”
-framework XXX	Corresponding to requirements frameworks (OSX)
-F XXX	Corresponding to requirements framework dirs (OSX)
Other flags	cxxflags, cflags, sharedlinkflags, exelinkflags (applied directly)

With cl (Visual Studio)

FLAG	MEANING
/DXXX	Corresponding to requirements defines
/IXXX	Corresponding to requirements include dirs
/LIBPATH:XX	Corresponding to requirements lib dirs
/MT, /MTd, /MD, /MDd	Corresponding to Runtime
-DNDEBUG	For Release builds
/Zi	For Debug builds

Directly inside a recipe

 from conans import ConanFile

 class PocoTimerConan(ConanFile):
     settings = "os", "compiler", "build_type", "arch"
     requires = "poco/1.9.4"
     generators = "compiler_args"
     default_options = {"poco:shared": True, "openssl:shared": True}

     def build(self):
         self.run("mkdir -p bin")
         command = 'g++ timer.cpp @conanbuildinfo.args -o bin/timer'
         self.run(command)