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Re: [ptp-user] Remote C++ projects
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> On Mar 16, 2015, at 1:55 PM, Martin Stolpe (Posteo) <martinstolpe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to understand how to use the remote develop tools and I find it
> hard to get an overview on what's needed and what features the tools provide.
>
> I have downloaded eclipse-parallel-luna-SR2-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz which
> should be preconfigured for remote project development.
>
> When I create a new connection I can select between:
> - dstore
> - ssh
> - ftp
>
> When looking at the documentation it looks like that dstore would be the best
> connection method: "RDT provides advanced parsing and indexing functionality
> for C/C++ projects in a remote client-server scenario. The RDT server
> component, which contains the parser and index database, must be located on
> the same remote machine as the project files. "
> http://help.eclipse.org/luna/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.ptp.rdt.doc.user%2Fhtml%2Fgettingstarted%2Fserver_installation.html
>
> But after looking at this bug report:
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=367490
> it looks like remote projects are deprecated and I should switch over to
> synchronized projects.
>
> Here is a short explanation of what I was hoping to achieve: I have a
> BeagleBone Black where I want to develop on. As the hardware is rather limited
> I wanted to use my computer to develop the software using eclipse. I was
> hoping that by creating a remote project I wouldn't have to install the needed
> header files on my computer as they were fetched and send to my computer by
> the RDT server. I then wanted to use distcc to start the compilation on the
> BeagleBone and distribute it to my work PC where I have a cross toolchain
> installed.
>
> When I create a synchronized project I guess I would have to install all the
> included header files on my computer, so that the parser is able to check the
> function calls.
>
> Running the RDT server (http://download.eclipse.org/tools/ptp/updates/luna/
> RDT Server (Linux Generic)) results in the following error as soon as I try to
> list the files in the "Remote Systems" view:
> "# perl server.pl 41607
> DStore Server Starting...
> Server Started Successfully
> 41607
> Server running on: beaglebone
> Exception in thread "DStore CommandHandlerThread-0"
> java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: org/eclipse/cdt/co
> re/index/IIndexFileLocation : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
> "
> I'm hesitating reporting this bug because of the mentioned bug report. When I
> use the RSE server
> (http://download.eclipse.org/tm/downloads/drops/R-3.5GA-201305311734/index.php
> rseserver-linux-3.5-GA.tar) the file listing works.
>
> So to summarize:
> Available connections:
> Remote Tools:
> - deprecated
> (http://help.eclipse.org/luna/topic/org.eclipse.ptp.doc.user/html/remoteTools.html)
> RDT server:
> - used for remote C/C++ projects
> - files are stored remotely
> - no need to have included header files installed on development computer?
> - doesn't work (see above)
> SSH:
> - preferred method for synchronized C/C++ projects
>
> Available project options:
> Remote projects:
> - deprecated (see bug report mentioned above)
> Synchronized projects:
> - currently only supported/prefered method (see mentioned bug report above)?
>
> Is this summary correct or do you have any comments on this?
>
Both remote projects and Remote Tools are deprecated as you mention, and will be removed in the Mars release. Remote projects have been replaced by synchronized projects which only require ssh/git to be installed on the target system. Remote Tools (which was a wrapper for JSch) has been replaced by the Remote Services API (org.eclipse.remote) which also wraps JSch.
Using remote header files is supported with synchronized projects. The documentation describes how to configure a project so that the headers will be fetched from the remote system. Unfortunately due to bug https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=445149 this feature will stop working with later versions of CDT. If you find it useful, please put a comment on this bug.
Greg
