Why do I need to waste a day every time I update Eclipse ?
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.