Cmake CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE specification

That’s because no build type has been specified to CMake. The build type is a feature most IDE have, it allows you to compile your program in “debug” mode, for easily single-stepping through it with a debugger, or in “release” mode, with speed optimization enabled.
To fix this you simply need to specify a build type in the CMakeLists.txt file, in this way:

if( NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE )
  set( CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug CACHE STRING
       "Choose the type of build, options are: None Debug Release RelWithDebInfo
MinSizeRel."
       FORCE )
endif()

when cmake is run without specifying the build type using -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE, it is the Debug mode that is selected as the default.