Description Hurai Rody 2004-07-20 17:34:03 EDT

If you create a sample project with a single directory linked to an existing 
directory containing source files, it will not build.  The makefile does not 
realize that the directory is linked, so therefore the GnuMakefileGenerator 
attempts to locate the resources using relative paths.  

The fix is actually very simple.  In the addRule(...) method of the 
GnuMakefileGenerator.java file, you just need to see if the resource's actual 
location is contained within the project's actual location.  Here is a snippet 
from my code:

String buildFlags = null;
		String resourceName = getFileName(resource);
		String inputExtension = resource.getFileExtension();
		IPath resourceLocation = resource.getLocation();
		String cmd = info.getToolForSource(inputExtension);
		String outputExtension = info.getOutputExtension
(inputExtension);
		String outflag = null;
		String outputPrefix = null;
		String projectLocation = project.getLocation().toString();

		String resourcePath = null;		
		String buildRule = null;
		/**
		 * We need to check if the current resource is LINKED, because 
		 * the default CDT doesn't handle this properly.  If it IS 
linked,
		 * then we must get the actual location of the resource, rather
		 * than the relative path.
		 */
		if(!resourceLocation.toString().startsWith(projectLocation)) {
			// it IS linked, so use the actual location
			resourcePath = resourceLocation.toString();
			buildRule = relativePath + resourceName + DOT + 
outputExtension
			+ COLON + WHITESPACE + resourcePath;
		}
		else {
			// use the relative path
			resourcePath = relativePath;
			buildRule = relativePath + resourceName + DOT + 
outputExtension
			+ COLON + WHITESPACE + ROOT + SEPARATOR + relativePath
			+ resourceName + DOT + inputExtension;
		}

Thanks!