qmake Project file has both "debug" and "release" conditions true

[barryhf]

Here's my project file:

TARGET = trialApp
TEMPLATE = app
 
win32 {
    debug {
        LIBS += -L../trialLibA/debug
        PRE_TARGETDEPS += ../trialLibA/debug/libtrialLibA.a
    }
    release {
        LIBS += -L../trialLibA/release
        PRE_TARGETDEPS += ../trialLibA/release/libtrialLibA.a
    }
}
 
INCLUDEPATH += ../trialLibA
LIBS += -ltrialLibA
 
SOURCES += main.cpp\
        MainWindow.cpp
HEADERS  += MainWindow.h
FORMS    += MainWindow.ui

TARGET = trialApp
TEMPLATE = app

win32 {
    debug {
        LIBS += -L../trialLibA/debug
        PRE_TARGETDEPS += ../trialLibA/debug/libtrialLibA.a
    }
    release {
        LIBS += -L../trialLibA/release
        PRE_TARGETDEPS += ../trialLibA/release/libtrialLibA.a
    }
}

INCLUDEPATH += ../trialLibA
LIBS += -ltrialLibA

SOURCES += main.cpp\
        MainWindow.cpp
HEADERS  += MainWindow.h
FORMS    += MainWindow.ui

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The problem is that both "debug" and "release" are defined when the makefile is generated. (I had started with debug {} else {} but debug was always defined).

In both Makefile.Debug and Makefile.Release, LIBS is defined to have both "-L../trialLibA/debug" and "-L../trialLibA/release".

So, of course, when I build the app, it takes the debug library (even when building release) because it's listed first in the LIBS path.

How is my understanding of the qmake process flawed here?