Bugzilla – Full Text Bug Listing
| Summary: | 'Libraries' option UI does not handle paths with spaces correctly | ||
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| Product: | [Tools] CDT | Reporter: | Mario Pierro <mario.pierro> |
| Component: | cdt-build-managed | Assignee: | Project Inbox <cdt-build-managed-inbox> |
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | Jonah Graham <jonah> |
| Severity: | normal | ||
| Priority: | P3 | CC: | cdtdoug |
| Version: | 8.0 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | PC | ||
| OS: | Windows 7 | ||
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| Bug Depends on: | 186069 | ||
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Note that this problem happens in all toolchains using an option with valueType="libs" . I think this has been around since CDT 6. Most likely the same root cause as for bug 186069. |
Build Identifier: Eclipse 20110615-0604, CDT 8.0.0.201106081058 I have noticed that adding a library to a project using the Paths and Symbols > Libraries tab > Add button will fail if the path contains spaces. The problem seems to be that quotes are added to the library filename, which are subsequently doubled when the -l option is built and thus stripped from the actual command line. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create a new C project using the MinGW GCC toolchain and the Hello World C template. 2. Add a library to the project using Project > Properties > C/C++ Build > C/C++ General > Paths and Symbols > Libraries > Add > File System, and browse to a library file containing a space in its path 3. Verify that the corresponding option Project > Properties > C/C++ Build > C/C++ General > MinGW C Linker > Libraries > Libraries now contains the library file with quotes around it 4. Build the project, and verify that build fails since the -l option is sent to gcc without quotes around the path >> WORKAROUND 5. Edit the option in Project > Properties > C/C++ Build > C/C++ General > MinGW C Linker > Libraries > Libraries and _remove_ the quotes around the path 6. Verify that the project now builds correctly, since the library path is sent in the -l option