Run and `Debug` and `Run without debugging` didn't respect `environment` from build preset

[asergunov]

Brief Issue Summary

I have a library dependency which has same dll names for debug and release builds, but has different folder. So I need to have build configuration - dependent item in PATH.

It looks like it's not possible in v1.11.26.

Currently I have launch.json with ${input:configuration} so user can select which version to debug/run.

Native solution is to add it to CMakePresets.json. It supports environment for configuration and build presets. But looks like plugin doesn't respect environment from build preset, only from configuration.

CMakePresets.json

{
    "version": 3,
    "cmakeMinimumRequired": {
        "major": 3,
        "minor": 21,
        "patch": 0
    },
    "configurePresets": [
        {
            "name": "default"
            "environemnt": {"var1": "value1", "var2": "$env{configuration}"}
        }
    ],
    "buildPresets": [
        {
            "name": "Debug",
            "configurePreset": "default",
            "configuration": "Debug",
            "environemnt": {"configuration": "Debug"}
        },
        {
            "name": "Release",
            "configurePreset": "default",
            "configuration": "Realase"
            "environemnt": {"configuration": "Release"}
        }
   ]

With that file I'd expect to have

• var1=value1
• var2=Debug or var2=Release
• configuration=Debug or configuration=Release

But when I start debug or just run it using cmake plugin I have only

• var1=value1

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[elahehrashedi]

What exactly are you trying to do here? It looks like you are trying to use a multi-config generator, In order to have two different values, you will have to define two different configure presets, because a multi-config generator will generate all the configurations at once. Because configure happens before build, any variable you define on buildpreset, won't be available during configuration.

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