[news.eclipse.tools.cdt] Re: Building problem with cdt4.0-"The system ca

[Jonah Graham <jonahbugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > I have configured cdt4.0 with cygwin under WinXPsp2
Just before I spend too much time on an old version of CDT, are you 
unable to use newer versions? If so, how come?

>>> however, it always
>>> builds failed and reports "
>>> "**** Build of configuration Debug for project HelloWorld ****
>>>
>>>
>>> (Exec error:The system cannot find the file specified.
>>> )
>>> "
>>>
>>> I can compile it with gcc with eclipse platform under WinXP, but
>>> eclipse can not.


Anyway, for whatever version, the error you are getting is most likely 
related to an environment issue.

Please try a couple of things and report back to the newsgroup your results.

1) If you start a "normal" ((ie cmd.exe) not cygwin command prompt, are 
you able to run make ok?
2) If so, is it definitely the make you expect, ie a GNU make?
3) Still if so, Try running cmd.exe from within Eclipse, that should 
inherit the environment that Eclipse is running as and perform the same 
tests as above.

Finally, rest assured that while I have no trouble building and running 
CDT projects, this type of error you are seeing is a fairly common 
set-up issue so we should be able to resolve it. It just may take a bit 
of back and forth.

Jonah

PS Please reply on the newsgroup so that everyone can benefit from any 
issue resolution you have.