Error launching external scanner info generator (sh -c 'g++ -E -P -v -dD )

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Error launching external scanner info generator (sh -c 'g++ -E -P -v -dD )  

(Cannot run program "make": Launching failed)

More precisely, the error messages are:

Error Launching external scanner info generator - gcc link problem on MingGW

Error launching external scanner info generator (sh -c 'g++ -E -P -v -dD 
C:/Documents and Settings/user1/workspace123/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/specs.cpp ')

Error launching external scanner info generator (sh -c 'gcc -E -P -v -dD 
C:/Documents and Settings/user1/workspace123/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/specs.c ')

This problem is occurring in eclipse-SDK-3.2.2-win32 with CDT.

Can anyone solve this problem?
Did anyone have any solution to this problem?
Please help to me to solve this problem .

Yours faithfully.
Anilkumar.k

Answer 1

This may be related to the recent version of Cygwin, as mentioned in this thread, also related to the bug 218444

The real problem is that the gcc.exe (and g++.exe) is a symbolic link in Cygwin; e.g.,

212008933@HCU-9YBF2G1 /bin
$ ls -l gcc*.*
-rwxr-x---+ 1 212008933 mkgroup-l-d 94741 Feb 25 04:14 gcc-3.exe
lrwxrwxrwx  1 212008933 mkgroup-l-d    21 Mar 16 14:50 gcc.exe ->
/etc/alternatives/gcc

• I have found that the following procedure works for me:

1. delete gcc.exe.lnk and g++.exe.lnk from cygwin/bin
2. Copy gcc-3.exe to gcc.exe
3. Copy g++-3.exe to g++.exe