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Bug 367340

Summary:	Cannot run cygwin gcc due to symlink
Product:	[Tools] CDT	Reporter:	tim.froidcoeur+eclipse
Component:	cdt-build	Assignee:	cdt-build-inbox <cdt-build-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Andrew Gvozdev <angvoz.dev>
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	cdtdoug
Version:	8.0
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
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Description tim.froidcoeur+eclipse

2011-12-21 10:34:38 EST

build with Cygwin GCC and CDT internal builder fails
Error: Cannot run program "gcc": Launching failed

The gcc in cygwin in my case is a symlink (because I have installed both gcc3 and gcc4, so cygwin works via /etc/alternatives with symlinks).
I suspect this prevents eclipse from running gcc. If I explicitly set gcc-4 in the build settings as the C compiler command and linker it works.

Comment 1 Andrew Gvozdev

2011-12-21 10:56:34 EST

You can try External Builder as workaround.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 364733 ***