[cs23021-2] RESOLVED: Tool-chain errors when building with Eclipse

[Tom Farmer]

It seems it didn't like the attachment. Attached is another copy. Rename
from cygwin_reg.txt to cygwin_reg.reg and then run it.

Thanks,
Tom Farmer
tfarmer3 at kent.edu


On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Tom Farmer <tfarmer3 at kent.edu> wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> This took many hours searching and dozens of reinstallations of Cygwin and
> Eclipse. Finally I figured out what needs to be done to resolve the
> following error:
>
> **** Build of configuration Debug for project Lab3_Sum ****
>
> ****  WARNING: The "Debug" Configuration may not build  ****
> ****  because it uses the "Cygwin GCC"  ****
> ****  tool-chain that is unsupported on this system.  ****
>
> ****  Attempting to build...  ****
>
> Eclipse doesn't know where to look for the 'Cygwin GCC' tool-chain, and
> never asks you to tell it where it's located. Changing the Windows $PATH
> variable isn't enough on its own.
>
> Attached is a registry file that you need to import into your registry to
> resolve the issue, it should work with Windows XP/Vista/7. I've personally
> tested it on my laptop running Windows 7 Ultimate and my computer at work
> running Windows XP SP3.
>
> If you installed Cygwin into another directory besides C:\cygwin - you must
> edit the file to change the directory (in 3 places) before importing. For
> those whose anti-virus programs blocks a file download with a .reg
> extension, copy the following section below, paste it into Notepad and save
> it as 'cygwin_reg.reg' - without the quotes. Then double click it and click
> ok/yes to import into the registry. Restart Eclipse and try to build a
> program and the warning should no longer be there:
>
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions]
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin]
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2]
> "cygdrive prefix"="/cygdrive"
> "cygdrive flags"=dword:00000022
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/]
> "flags"=dword:0000000a
> "native"="C:\\cygwin"
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin]
> "flags"=dword:0000000a
> "native"="C:\\cygwin/bin"
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib]
> "native"="C:\\cygwin/lib"
> "flags"=dword:0000000a
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options]
>
> Let me know if anyone needs help doing this. I was happy to finally get
> this issue resolved!
>
> Thanks,
> Tom Farmer
> tfarmer3 at kent.edu
>
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?Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2]
"cygdrive prefix"="/cygdrive"
"cygdrive flags"=dword:00000022

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/]
"flags"=dword:0000000a
"native"="C:\\cygwin"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin]
"flags"=dword:0000000a
"native"="C:\\cygwin/bin"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib]
"native"="C:\\cygwin/lib"
"flags"=dword:0000000a

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options]