[cdt-dev] Cancelling a 'rogue' make

[Derek Morris <dmsubs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I managed to create a makefile that called itself recursively and so entered an 
infinite loop. Doh.

However, I couldn't find a way through the Eclipse UI to kill the make. Cancel 
does nothing... In fact I had to switch the whole machine off to recover 
(machine became so unresponsive that even Windows taskmgr wouldn't start).

So, my questions:
- Is there a way to 'kill' a rogue process when cancelling a progress monitor?
- If not, shouldn't there be?

p.s. I know this is user error in creating a bad makefile, but it does happen. I 
was investigating a user complaint where the compiler got itself into an 
infinite loop, with similar consequences to above.

Thanks,

--
Derek