Description Samuel Oggier 2013-10-01 13:10:03 EDT

*Issue:*
The executable scan (binary parser / ELF parser) does not seem to pick up executables (ELF32 in this case) with dots in their names,
e.g. maven style names like "com.domain-artefact-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-test_runner".
Dots at the end don't cause problems, dots at the beginning cause the file to be hidden anyway (at least on linux).

*How to reproduce:*
1. Add a dot in the middle of an executables filename => the file is now displayed as an unknown/text file type
2. Try to auto-detect that binary with 'Run' -> 'Run As' -> 'Local C/C++ Application' => Error: "Launch failed. Binary not found".

*Suggestion:*
The first guess is, that aforementioned files get discarded by an extension based filter.
File extensions might be checked for performance reasons,
so a possible solution could be to exclude files with known
or perhaps some form of reasonable extensions (e.g. 1-4 letters or digits).

-- Configuration Details --
Product: Eclipse 2.0.1.20130919-0803 (org.eclipse.epp.package.cpp.product)
Installed Features:
 org.eclipse.platform 4.3.1.v20130911-1000