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custom toolchain GCC linker inheritance issue [message #982525] Tue, 13 November 2012 07:43 Go to next message
Tamas Csabina is currently offline Tamas CsabinaFriend
Messages: 28
Registered: November 2012
Junior Member
Hello there.

I am trying to create a custom toolchain for C development. The whole toolchain is basically a reduced MinGW toolchain, with a different compiler and linker.
I have 2 problems with my linker tool.

1) If I inherit my own linker from the GCC Linker (cdt.managedbuild.tool.gnu.cpp.linker), everything works fine, but I have too many options under the linker (like Libraries, Miscellaneous, Shared Library Settings). How can I get rid of these, for me, unused options?

2) If I don`t inherit my linker from the above mentioned, I only have to options I defined, but building a test project with the new toolchain crashes. So I guess I must add some extra stuff under my own linker, but I don`t know which on is missing.

Here is there error during build:
Errors occurred during the build.
Errors running builder 'CDT Builder' on project 'Test'.
Internal error building project Test configuration Release
java.lang.NullPointerException
Internal error building project Test configuration Release
java.lang.NullPointerException

Here is the console log of the same error, from the plug-in development IDE:
!ENTRY org.eclipse.core.resources 4 2 2012-11-13 08:40:57.209
!MESSAGE Problems occurred when invoking code from plug-in: "org.eclipse.core.resources".
!STACK 1
org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException: Internal error building project Test configuration Release
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.InternalBuildRunner.invokeBuild(InternalBuildRunner.java:148)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.CommonBuilder.build(CommonBuilder.java:753)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.CommonBuilder.build(CommonBuilder.java:513)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.CommonBuilder.build(CommonBuilder.java:459)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$2.run(BuildManager.java:728)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:199)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:239)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$1.run(BuildManager.java:292)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:295)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuildLoop(BuildManager.java:351)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.build(BuildManager.java:374)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.buildInternal(Workspace.java:516)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.build(Workspace.java:435)
	at org.eclipse.ui.actions.BuildAction$1.runInWorkspace(BuildAction.java:305)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.InternalWorkspaceJob.run(InternalWorkspaceJob.java:38)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:53)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.BuildDescription.calculateOutputs(BuildDescription.java:1366)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.BuildDescription.handleMultiSteps(BuildDescription.java:837)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.BuildDescription.initDescription(BuildDescription.java:752)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.BuildDescription.init(BuildDescription.java:814)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.DefaultBuildDescriptionFactory.createBuildDescription(DefaultBuildDescriptionFactory.java:45)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.buildmodel.BuildDescriptionManager.createBuildDescription(BuildDescriptionManager.java:107)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.InternalBuildRunner.invokeBuild(InternalBuildRunner.java:104)
	... 17 more
!SUBENTRY 1 org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core 4 0 2012-11-13 08:40:57.210
!MESSAGE Internal error building project Test configuration Release
!STACK 0
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.BuildDescription.calculateOutputs(BuildDescription.java:1366)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.BuildDescription.handleMultiSteps(BuildDescription.java:837)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.BuildDescription.initDescription(BuildDescription.java:752)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.BuildDescription.init(BuildDescription.java:814)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.DefaultBuildDescriptionFactory.createBuildDescription(DefaultBuildDescriptionFactory.java:45)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.buildmodel.BuildDescriptionManager.createBuildDescription(BuildDescriptionManager.java:107)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.InternalBuildRunner.invokeBuild(InternalBuildRunner.java:104)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.CommonBuilder.build(CommonBuilder.java:753)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.CommonBuilder.build(CommonBuilder.java:513)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.CommonBuilder.build(CommonBuilder.java:459)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$2.run(BuildManager.java:728)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:199)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:239)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$1.run(BuildManager.java:292)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:295)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuildLoop(BuildManager.java:351)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.build(BuildManager.java:374)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.buildInternal(Workspace.java:516)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.build(Workspace.java:435)
	at org.eclipse.ui.actions.BuildAction$1.runInWorkspace(BuildAction.java:305)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.InternalWorkspaceJob.run(InternalWorkspaceJob.java:38)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:53)
!SUBENTRY 1 org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core 4 0 2012-11-13 08:40:57.211
!MESSAGE Internal error building project Test configuration Release
!STACK 0
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.BuildDescription.calculateOutputs(BuildDescription.java:1366)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.BuildDescription.handleMultiSteps(BuildDescription.java:837)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.BuildDescription.initDescription(BuildDescription.java:752)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.BuildDescription.init(BuildDescription.java:814)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.DefaultBuildDescriptionFactory.createBuildDescription(DefaultBuildDescriptionFactory.java:45)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.buildmodel.BuildDescriptionManager.createBuildDescription(BuildDescriptionManager.java:107)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.InternalBuildRunner.invokeBuild(InternalBuildRunner.java:104)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.CommonBuilder.build(CommonBuilder.java:753)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.CommonBuilder.build(CommonBuilder.java:513)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.CommonBuilder.build(CommonBuilder.java:459)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$2.run(BuildManager.java:728)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:199)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:239)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$1.run(BuildManager.java:292)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:295)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuildLoop(BuildManager.java:351)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.build(BuildManager.java:374)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.buildInternal(Workspace.java:516)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.build(Workspace.java:435)
	at org.eclipse.ui.actions.BuildAction$1.runInWorkspace(BuildAction.java:305)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.InternalWorkspaceJob.run(InternalWorkspaceJob.java:38)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:53)

!ENTRY org.eclipse.core.resources 4 75 2012-11-13 08:40:57.237
!MESSAGE Errors occurred during the build.
!SUBENTRY 1 org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core 4 75 2012-11-13 08:40:57.237
!MESSAGE Errors running builder 'CDT Builder' on project 'Test'.
!STACK 1
org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException: Internal error building project Test configuration Release
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.InternalBuildRunner.invokeBuild(InternalBuildRunner.java:148)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.CommonBuilder.build(CommonBuilder.java:753)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.CommonBuilder.build(CommonBuilder.java:513)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.CommonBuilder.build(CommonBuilder.java:459)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$2.run(BuildManager.java:728)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:199)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:239)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$1.run(BuildManager.java:292)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:295)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuildLoop(BuildManager.java:351)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.build(BuildManager.java:374)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.buildInternal(Workspace.java:516)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.build(Workspace.java:435)
	at org.eclipse.ui.actions.BuildAction$1.runInWorkspace(BuildAction.java:305)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.InternalWorkspaceJob.run(InternalWorkspaceJob.java:38)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:53)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.BuildDescription.calculateOutputs(BuildDescription.java:1366)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.BuildDescription.handleMultiSteps(BuildDescription.java:837)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.BuildDescription.initDescription(BuildDescription.java:752)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.BuildDescription.init(BuildDescription.java:814)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.DefaultBuildDescriptionFactory.createBuildDescription(DefaultBuildDescriptionFactory.java:45)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.buildmodel.BuildDescriptionManager.createBuildDescription(BuildDescriptionManager.java:107)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.InternalBuildRunner.invokeBuild(InternalBuildRunner.java:104)
	... 17 more
!SUBENTRY 2 org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core 4 0 2012-11-13 08:40:57.238
!MESSAGE Internal error building project Test configuration Release
!STACK 0
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.BuildDescription.calculateOutputs(BuildDescription.java:1366)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.BuildDescription.handleMultiSteps(BuildDescription.java:837)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.BuildDescription.initDescription(BuildDescription.java:752)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.BuildDescription.init(BuildDescription.java:814)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.DefaultBuildDescriptionFactory.createBuildDescription(DefaultBuildDescriptionFactory.java:45)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.buildmodel.BuildDescriptionManager.createBuildDescription(BuildDescriptionManager.java:107)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.InternalBuildRunner.invokeBuild(InternalBuildRunner.java:104)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.CommonBuilder.build(CommonBuilder.java:753)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.CommonBuilder.build(CommonBuilder.java:513)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.CommonBuilder.build(CommonBuilder.java:459)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$2.run(BuildManager.java:728)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:199)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:239)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$1.run(BuildManager.java:292)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:295)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuildLoop(BuildManager.java:351)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.build(BuildManager.java:374)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.buildInternal(Workspace.java:516)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.build(Workspace.java:435)
	at org.eclipse.ui.actions.BuildAction$1.runInWorkspace(BuildAction.java:305)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.InternalWorkspaceJob.run(InternalWorkspaceJob.java:38)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:53)
!SUBENTRY 1 org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core 4 0 2012-11-13 08:40:57.238
!MESSAGE Internal error building project Test configuration Release
!STACK 0
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.BuildDescription.calculateOutputs(BuildDescription.java:1366)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.BuildDescription.handleMultiSteps(BuildDescription.java:837)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.BuildDescription.initDescription(BuildDescription.java:752)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.BuildDescription.init(BuildDescription.java:814)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.buildmodel.DefaultBuildDescriptionFactory.createBuildDescription(DefaultBuildDescriptionFactory.java:45)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.buildmodel.BuildDescriptionManager.createBuildDescription(BuildDescriptionManager.java:107)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.InternalBuildRunner.invokeBuild(InternalBuildRunner.java:104)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.CommonBuilder.build(CommonBuilder.java:753)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.CommonBuilder.build(CommonBuilder.java:513)
	at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.CommonBuilder.build(CommonBuilder.java:459)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$2.run(BuildManager.java:728)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:199)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:239)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$1.run(BuildManager.java:292)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:295)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuildLoop(BuildManager.java:351)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.build(BuildManager.java:374)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.buildInternal(Workspace.java:516)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.build(Workspace.java:435)
	at org.eclipse.ui.actions.BuildAction$1.runInWorkspace(BuildAction.java:305)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.InternalWorkspaceJob.run(InternalWorkspaceJob.java:38)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:53)

[Updated on: Tue, 13 November 2012 07:44]

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Re: custom toolchain GCC linker inheritance issue [message #1001172 is a reply to message #982525] Wed, 16 January 2013 07:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Tamas Csabina is currently offline Tamas CsabinaFriend
Messages: 28
Registered: November 2012
Junior Member
I fixed this. This was due to a misconfigured checkOption.
Under the Linker<tool>, I have and option called Shared. And in the same linker, under the <outputType>\<enablement> I have a <checkOption>, where the <optionId> was not the mention Shared<option>, but the <optionCategory> of this <option>.

This fixed the crash, however the created toolchain is giving me "Nothing to build" error, no matter what and how I try to solve it.
Hope this helps someone.

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Re: custom toolchain GCC linker inheritance issue [message #1005708 is a reply to message #1001172] Mon, 28 January 2013 11:04 Go to previous message
Tamas Csabina is currently offline Tamas CsabinaFriend
Messages: 28
Registered: November 2012
Junior Member
I figured out the Nothing to build problem as well.
This how-to guided me in the good direction:
http://www.drdobbs.com/cpp/extending-the-eclipse-cdt-managed-build/197002115?pgno=6

Step 7. was missing from my setup (which was based on the MBS document`s tutorial (Section 6)).

So after editing the targetTool property of my toolChain (by pointing it to my linker`s id), everything started to work.

I hope this helps someone.

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