Building on Windows with a focus on generating PDB files

[Ben Rush]

I have a desire to build Gstreamer on Windows, more specifically a debug
build so that I can track down some crashes that are occurring.
Unfortunately, it seems as though this isn't a thing that's well-traveled,
or I'm at least getting conflicting information on forums and blog posts
about the process. I thought I'd ask on here about the latest state of
things since blog posts/forum posts can be depreciated quickly with
updates. I'm cool with RTFM, but some sources I'm reading say the manual
itself is out of date.

For example, a couple of blog posts (such as this one:
https://cardinalpeak.com/blog/build-gstreamer-on-windows-an-advanced-tutorial/)
that don't appear too old, mention the existing instructions are, and I
quote, "woefully out of date" (presumably when specifically targeting
Windows) and that the task is "fairly complex". There are Windows builds,
and so presumably there is a well-tested method for generating these
binaries on Windows. If so, surely there are well-tested steps out there
for doing what I want. But if instructions available to me (I'm assuming
this blog post meant the official instructions) are out of date, I'd like
to keep that in mind as I'm using them. Or if HE is wrong, I'd like to know
that. And if the official instructions are NOT out of date, I'm wondering
if anyone has had any luck using them to generate any other than release
builds?

Any advice? Pointers? Feedback? Thanks for your time.
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