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Error launching builder (make -k clean all ) [message #118586] Wed, 01 September 2004 16:06 Go to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
Originally posted by: hmetu.gmx.net

Hi!
While trying to make, my console indicates the following error-message
"Error launching builder (make -k clean all )(Exec error:Launching failed)".
I have read C/C++ Development User Guide and was made to understand that I
have to indicate the build command. I am working with MinGW, so I entered my
build command (under Project-Properties-C++...) mingw32-make and restarted
eclipse, but to no avail, although I the path of mingw/bin is correctly set.
Am I still missing something?
Thanks
Harp
Re: Error launching builder (make -k clean all ) [message #118615 is a reply to message #118586] Wed, 01 September 2004 17:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
Originally posted by: dejan.nu6.org

Try "mingw32-make.exe" instead of "make", maybe that helps...

Best regards

Dejan

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Re: Error launching builder (make -k clean all ) [message #118627 is a reply to message #118586] Wed, 01 September 2004 17:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Harp,
So it looks like you have resolved the installer problems you were
experiencing. That's good. I'd recommend getting MSYS if you plan on
using MinGW. Even the MinGW guys recognize that the win32 version of
make that they ship is troublesome, and let's not even start with the
problems that using the Win32 command shell introduce. Do yourself an
enormous favour and install MSYS.

Back to the problem. How do you know that Eclipse is running in an
environment that has the path to the make utility? The easiest way to
confirm this is to create a batch file

@echo off
set PATH=C:\msys\1.0\bin;C:\mingw\bin;%PATH%
start <path to eclipe>\eclipse -data <path to workspace>

That way at least, you are assured that the PATH is correct and we can
eliminate that as a cause.

Sean

Harp wrote:

> Hi!
> While trying to make, my console indicates the following error-message
> "Error launching builder (make -k clean all )(Exec error:Launching failed)".
> I have read C/C++ Development User Guide and was made to understand that I
> have to indicate the build command. I am working with MinGW, so I entered my
> build command (under Project-Properties-C++...) mingw32-make and restarted
> eclipse, but to no avail, although I the path of mingw/bin is correctly set.
> Am I still missing something?
> Thanks
> Harp
>
>
Re: Error launching builder (make -k clean all ) [message #119314 is a reply to message #118627] Fri, 03 September 2004 12:13 Go to previous message
Eclipse UserFriend
Originally posted by: hmetu.gmx.net

Thanks Sean!, you got it right!
I did install msys, tried the batch as you said, changed the build command
from make to mingw32-make (under window->preferences->c/c++->new make
projects), went to project->properties->active configuration and clicked on
"manage". A dialog was brought up where I could uncheck the "Use default
command" into "mingw32-make -k" instead of the former "make -k" (which was
there originally). With these, the build was able to work...
Quite grateful!
Harp

"Sean Evoy" <sevoy@ca.ibm.com> wrote in message
news:ch520c$bjr$1@eclipse.org...
> Harp,
> So it looks like you have resolved the installer problems you were
> experiencing. That's good. I'd recommend getting MSYS if you plan on
> using MinGW. Even the MinGW guys recognize that the win32 version of
> make that they ship is troublesome, and let's not even start with the
> problems that using the Win32 command shell introduce. Do yourself an
> enormous favour and install MSYS.
>
> Back to the problem. How do you know that Eclipse is running in an
> environment that has the path to the make utility? The easiest way to
> confirm this is to create a batch file
>
> @echo off
> set PATH=C:\msys\1.0\bin;C:\mingw\bin;%PATH%
> start <path to eclipe>\eclipse -data <path to workspace>
>
> That way at least, you are assured that the PATH is correct and we can
> eliminate that as a cause.
>
> Sean
>
> Harp wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> > While trying to make, my console indicates the following error-message
> > "Error launching builder (make -k clean all )(Exec error:Launching
failed)".
> > I have read C/C++ Development User Guide and was made to understand that
I
> > have to indicate the build command. I am working with MinGW, so I
entered my
> > build command (under Project-Properties-C++...) mingw32-make and
restarted
> > eclipse, but to no avail, although I the path of mingw/bin is correctly
set.
> > Am I still missing something?
> > Thanks
> > Harp
> >
> >
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