[cdt-dev] Libraries tab misbehavior

["Azab, Mohamed" <Mohamed_Azab@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

 

I am having a wrong behavior when using the C/C++ General > Paths and Symbols > Libraries tab.

If you either added a workspace path or an absolute path to a library file, it gets added as -l option under C/C++ Build > Settings > Tool Settings > C Linker > Libraries which causes the linker to fail as the -l flag should hold only the name of the library.

 

Is there a reason why the “Libraries” tab allow the user to browse for the library? Shouldn’t we give just a text box (like on -l option case) to not to offer something that doesn’t work?

 

Another way to handle this would be to add two entries: The library name with the -l option, and the library path with the -L option. But I looked into the implementation and it seems that it is not straightforward to change it to add two entries instead of one though.

 

Thanks,

 

Mohamed Azab

Software Development Engineer

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