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Troubleshooting Analysis of Debug Build

Symptoms

A message appears when you start the Intel Advisor Survey or Suitability tools and the current build options selected for the project is a Debug build.

Details

For the Survey or Suitability tools, you should use a Release build of your program, not a Debug build.

When measuring performance, using a version of the program for analysis that is close to the version that will be provided to customers provides the most accurate data. If you will provide a Release build for customers, run the Survey or Suitability tools with a Release build. You can run this tool with a Debug build if you will run it again with a Release build. To produce the best results, your build settings should specify debug information and moderate optimization.

When a tool is waiting for your input (click either Continue or Cancel), the result name has a [!] prefix. If you do not respond within several minutes, the tool implicitly chooses the Cancel button.

Possible Correction Strategies

Tip

For the most current information on optimal C/C++ and Fortran build settings, see Getting Started with Intel® Advisor.

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