5.3.5p2 debug database is always created. Development mode forced?

[Todd-Wasson]

My 5.3.5p2 builds are always including the debug databases as though I’ve checked the build options->development mode even though it is not checked. I’m coming from 5.2.3p3, has something changed here? Are my builds really in debug mode? When I delete these from the build my project no longer runs so it would seem it is?

This is pretty important because I don’t want to be releasing debug builds to the public, obviously. Had hoped to do a patch today with the new version but it looks like I won’t be able to.

[Todd-Wasson]

Come on, guys, please. I can’t be the first person to create a build using 5.3.5p2.

[Todd-Wasson]

[Todd-Wasson]

[movra]

I’ve seen that before a couple of months ago, thought it was fixed. For what it’s worth, it doesn’t happen in 5.4 beta.

[Todd-Wasson]

Here’s the reply from support:

Hi Todd,

Thanks for getting the email.

I am sorry that your technical query has not yet received a response.
Since our Community is user-led, we have to allow some time for users to
respond. If your post has not been resolved within the next 5 days,
please let me know and I will see if I can escalate it to our Technical
Team.

If you have any further questions, please email me.

Apparently I’m supposed to sit here for a week and hope a Unity customer answers the question.

[movra]

Note, you get different PDB files when you enable Development Build.

Fortunately you don’t have to include the PDB files in your distribution, in 5.3 they are generated for convenience:

Windows build outputs pdb files

In the public 5.4 beta there is a new option “Copy PDB Files” that’s disabled by default:

[Todd-Wasson]

I do have to include them with my version of Unity unfortunately. I tried deleting the files and it broke the build.

[movra]

@Todd Wasson

I do have to include them with my version of Unity unfortunately. I tried deleting the files and it broke the build.

That’s weird, is that a 5.3.5p2 specific thing? Because I tried deleting the PDB files built with 5.3.5f1, both Development Build and normal, and both ran normally.

[Todd-Wasson]

I don’t know, maybe. Thanks though, I’ll try it again on the next patch. I went ahead and put up a patch with the debug stuff in there anyway because I’m trying to get CV1 support released. I wrote support and they insisted I let this thread sit here for five days before they’ll even think about answering this.

Well, I can’t sit around for a week waiting. The download is bigger now but I’ll just have to live with it for now. I’m just mystified how a release like this makes it out into the public. You’d think nobody in the entire company built a project themselves and simply looked in the folder to see if anything looked strange.