Posted by estie on 2021-11-11 16:27

Every time I update Eclipse I need to spend a day trying to get my workbench back into a working state. Why is this necessary?

Firstly, I have to dig out the link to a6 download page , go to Help | Install new software and reinstall the a6 WB, when I already has this working.

Then there are always other obtuse , poorly reported issues I have to spend time googling and forum trawling to try to identify.

This time after updating Fedora, I get Version: 2021-03 (4.19) of Eclipse.

I see my .c files in the editor as it was last time I built the project but doing Project | Build project , it tells me “nothing to be done” which I know to be wrong because I’ve modified files.

Project | Properties | C/C++ build shows the following error.

Orphaned configuration. No base extension cfg exists for fr.ac6.managedbuild.config.gnu.cross.exe.debug.1384264752

So what on Earth is that about and what do I need to do?

Help | Welcome gives me two links about migration ( looks helpful ) but which throw up “Topic not found”.

I’ll keep it polite here, but I can tell you I’m cussing and spitting at the screen and I’ve had it with mess every single time I need to update Eclipse and the cascade of problems which follow.

I’m really done with this mess. I’m going to migrate this project to makefile and use a simple code editor like Geany.

WAY, WAY too much time lost and energy wasted.