MCUXpresso always does a clean before building after switching between Debug and Release builds

[rshipman]

Hi,

Why does MCUXpresso always do a clean before building, when switching between Debug and Release builds? I've not changed any settings.

All the temporary files, including object files and the auto-generated make files are kept in separate folders, so why the need to clean? The usual check for dependencies that are out of date should be sufficient.

Info:
MCUXpresso IDE v11.8.1 [Build 1197] [2023-10-27]
Windows 11
RT1021 project

Many thanks.

[ckielstra]

My environment doesn't show the cleaning behavior you describe.

Just for sure, could it be that one of your project configurations has the clean option enabled? I think it's on by default, so if you created a new project configuration it might have been enabled.

• Go to Project / Properties / C/C++ Build
• Check on top you have selected, Configuration: [All configurations],  or the configurations you want to verify.
• Select the Behavior tab (easy to overlook)
• At the bottom of the page, disable the 'Clean' checkbox

[Alice_Yang]

Hello @rshipman 

Could you please share your step and log? 

I test on my side, change Debug to Release, there is no clean. So I want to refer to your steps to reproduce, thanks.

BR

Alice