[cdt-dev] Bug in CDT invocation of external commands

[George Russell <george@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

CDT is refusing to invoke external commands (e.g. compilers, make, even 
a pre-build step of echo foo) when installed via the drop in folder.

e.g. Internal Builder: Cannot run program "OffloadCPP": The system 
cannot find the file specified.

The background is that the command lines execute correctly in the 
windows cmd shell (cmd.exe) and in cygwin's terminal (bash.exe),
also that the command lines execute correctly from within my 
_development_ Eclipse, and in Eclipses being tested / debugged from 
within the development Eclipse, but not in the packaged eclipse where 
the CDT is installed by being placed in the drop in folder.  

A quick google search shows a couple of others in a similar situation 
(after winnowing out everyone without installed toolchains, incorrect 
paths, etc)

http://dev.eclipse.org/newslists/news.eclipse.tools.cdt/msg18681.html
http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=tree&th=160734&; 
<http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=tree&th=160734&;>

Is this a known issue? Any workarounds or suggestions?

Cheers,
George