CDT 12.0.0 for Eclipse 2025-03

[John Dallaway <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am pleased to announce the release of CDT 12.0.0. The release e-mail from GitHub is appended.

With thanks to all

John Dallaway

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CDT 12.0.0 for Eclipse 2025-03

Repository: eclipse-cdt/cdt · Tag: CDT_12_0_0 · Commit: d31e62a · Released by: jonahgraham

CDT 12.0.0 for Eclipse 2025-03 is now released. Please have a look at the New and Noteworthy for the highlights of what is included in this release.

Eclipse IDE Installer

The preferred way to get CDT is to install Eclipse CDT as part of the Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers or Eclipse IDE for Embedded C/C++ Developers using the installer

Eclipse IDE Downloads

Alternatively, download the zip/tar/dmg files from the main Eclipse Downloads site.

p2 site

Install CDT into an existing installation using the following p2 URL: https://download.eclipse.org/tools/cdt/releases/12.0 or as a cdt-12.0.0.zip

Eclipse Marketplace

The CDT project maintains 3 Marketplace entries:

• The Complete Eclipse C/C++ IDE
• Eclipse C/C++ IDE
• TM Terminal

Standalone Debugger

Any CDT install can be used as the standalone debugger, therefore download/install CDT as best suits you using the above options.

Thank you

Congratulations and thank you to everyone who contributed, whether by testing, filing bugs, submitting PRs, answering questions. Thank you all for the hard work.

What's Changed (Auto-generated by GitHub)

What's Changed

• Prepare repo for 11.7.0 development by @jonahgraham in #813
• Start building against Eclipse Platform 4.33 I-builds by @jonahgraham in #820
• On createBuildConfiguration, reset project's ScannerInfoProvider by @betamaxbandit in #817
• p2 composites for CDT 11.6 and CDT-LSP 2.0 by @jonahgraham in #823
• Extend GNU toolchain optimization options for MBS by @jld01 in #829
• XML self-closing element consistency clean up only by @jld01 in #830
• Add support for String Terminator to be ESC \ by @jonahgraham in #833
• Add GNU archiver other objects option to MBS by @jld01 in #834
• Add link to new entry point for CDT calls by @jonahgraham in #838
• Speed up closing all file descriptors in the child process (Fixes #835) by @adangel in #840
• Correct formatting of C code by @jonahgraham in #843
• Use CDT's container to run all code cleanliness checks by @jonahgraham in #845
• Speed up closing all file descriptors in the child process (Fixes #835) by @jonahgraham in #846
• Add enabled to JSON Compilation Database Generator prop page (#847) by @ghentschke in #848
• Add support for backport command by @jonahgraham in #849
• Fix target branch choices in new backport command usage by @jonahgraham in #851
• Updates for CDT 11.6.1 by @jonahgraham in #858
• Add ELF machine IDs for AVR32, MicroBlaze and V800 by @jld01 in #874
• Compiler path in compile_commands.json must be absolute by @alicetrifu in #824
• Allow multiple parserPage XML elements by @jld01 in #880
• Added missing bracers in native code by @Torbjorn-Svensson in #884
• Detect MSYS2 UCRT64 toolchains for CDT Core Build by @jld01 in #888
• Add AsciiDoc build infrastructure by @jld01 in #862
• Migrate ToggleInstructionStepModeAction to ToggleInstructionStepModeCommand. by @raghucssit in #866
• DATE should have day prefixed with space by @Torbjorn-Svensson in #896
• Update to the latest direct-from-maven dependencies by @merks in #894
• Sets the CMake CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE define Fixes #807 by @betamaxbandit in #810
• Adds capability to display warnings in LaunchBar Launch Config Dialog by @betamaxbandit in #879
• Launchbar build button always starts a build. by @ewaterlander in #812
• Add user additional CMake arugments at the end. by @ewaterlander in #814
• Support arguments and working directory in launching Core Build proje… by @ewaterlander in #821
• Use 2024-09 dependencies for CDT 12.0 development by @jonahgraham in #900
• Support environment variables in Core Build projects for Local by @ewaterlander in #901
• Add a version of Dockerfiles with node included for cdt-gdb-adapter by @jonahgraham in #907
• fix(908): fix for the cmake tool chain removal function. by @alirana01 in #909
• Bump version to CDT 12.0.0 by @jonahgraham in #911
• Switch from javax to jakarta by @jonahgraham in #912
• Classify unrecognized command line options as an error by @Torbjorn-Svensson in #915
• Use org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui.debugging context bindings for Visualizer and Executables Views. by @raghucssit in #919
• Add GNU archiver other objects option to N&N by @jld01 in #931
• Use relative path to documentation images folder for GitHub by @jld01 in #934
• Add "Creating a CMake Project" help page by @jld01 in #936
• Update Main Tab for Core Build local launch configurations. by @ewaterlander in #940
• Debugger and Source tabs for the Core Build launch configuration. by @ewaterlander in #950
• Core Build project without binaries. by @ewaterlander in #959
• Add help content anchor for C/C++ editor contributions by @jld01 in #964
• Common tab for Core Build local launch configuration. by @ewaterlander in #970
• Publish bleeding edge builds to download.eclipse.org by @jonahgraham in #975
• Fixed the loading failure issue of Control Flow Graph view by @homeiceberg in #951
• Add help content support for C/C++ editor preference pages by @jld01 in #977
• Add improved CBS launch configuration for local applications to N&N by @ewaterlander in #979
• Support windows on arm64 by @jonahgraham in #983
• Update CDT setup for new branch name of cdt-lsp by @jonahgraham in #984
• Extend GNU toolchain language standard options for MBS by @jld01 in #987
• Always show CDT Debug Preference Pages by @jonahgraham in #974
• Update to latest versions of build tools by @jonahgraham in #986
• Remove New C and New C++ Project Wizard top-level entry points by @jonahgraham in #993
• Add SonarQube for Eclipse to the list of addons for CDT by @thahnen in #997
• Generate more of the documentation with asciidoc and automate more by @jonahgraham in #995
• Description of the Core Build System. by @ewaterlander in #960
• Store git and CI info in output folder by @jonahgraham in #1003
• Fix "Creating a CMake Project" cross-reference by @jld01 in #1006
• Move target platform from 2024-09 -> 2024-12 by @jonahgraham in #1007
• Remove generation of adoc files in code cleanliness by @jonahgraham in #1005
• Reduce disk usage by @fredg02 in #1009
• Make CMakeBuildConfiguration API by @betamaxbandit in #1010
• Fix broken https link in setup by @jonahgraham in #1022
• Experiment to include full debug info by @jonahgraham in #1024
• Revert "Experiment to include full debug info" by @jonahgraham in #1025
• Use event file to line up PR build and reporting by @jonahgraham in #1026
• Correct location of event.json for reporting results by @jonahgraham in #1028
• Update path to dash-licenses by @jonahgraham in #1023
• workaround test results appearing in incorrect spot by @jonahgraham in #1029
• Revert "workaround test results appearing in incorrect spot" by @jonahgraham in #1031
• Shorten the name of the licensing check by @jonahgraham in #1032
• Search debugger first in selected CBS toolchain. by @ewaterlander in #1033
• Update to latest versions of build tools by @jonahgraham in #1036
• Update maven dependencies to latest versions, especially Hamcrest by @jonahgraham in #1040
• use UTF-8 as default encoding by @astrograph in #1020
• Run DSF-GDB tests when releng may have changed by @jonahgraham in #1042
• Restore the empty activity IDs by @jonahgraham in #1045
• Fixed CBS Makefile template for profiling. by @ewaterlander in #1043
• Check that all xml files in CDT are well formed by @jonahgraham in #1053
• Fix XML syntax error in freemarker manifest by @jonahgraham in #1054
• Allow the new API for CMakeBuildConfiguration to be extended by @jonahgraham in #1051
• Provide an example of extending CMake project type in Core Build by @jonahgraham in #1052
• Fix flaky/broken DSF GDB tests by @jonahgraham in #985
• Improve CMake build option handling and API by @betamaxbandit in #1046
• Restrict Pin View and Open View to active CPP debug context. by @raghucssit in #1049
• Fix copy and paste error in CMake manual test instructions by @jonahgraham in #1062
• Add some documentation and consistency to use of info vs output stream by @jonahgraham in #1060
• Add CDT-LSP to API Baseline by @jonahgraham in #1066
• Bump org.eclipse.cdt.core/ui bundle version to 9.0.0 by @jonahgraham in #1063
• Getting Started documentation update. by @ewaterlander in #1056
• Issue #1058: Moved generation of the compile_commands.json by @alicetrifu in #1075
• Add bugs fixed in 12.0.0 milestone builds to N&N by @jld01 in #1078
• Update SimRel version for CDT 12.0 by @jld01 in #1079
• The active Launch Target is now saved in the ICBuildConfiguration by @betamaxbandit in #1076
• Make sure that if any of the piped commands fail, the cleanliness fails by @jonahgraham in #1083
• Update "Before you begin" help to reference MSYS2 packages by @jld01 in #1086
• Remove unneeded local variables and instanceof checks by @jonahgraham in #1087
• Remove backport from CDT releng by @jonahgraham in #1089
• Add internal API to CEditor to allow CDT-LSP to contribute a "try it" banner by @jonahgraham in #1088
• Add UI for user to control build type by @DangMinhTam382 in #1090
• Stops CMake build output folders being named "default" by @betamaxbandit in #1084
• Fix mismatched id/name for CBuildConfigProvider by @jonahgraham in #1081
• Improve CommandLineUtil to string methods so they look prettier by @jonahgraham in #1074
• Use CommandLineUtil to split and join command lines in CBS Makefile support by @jonahgraham in #1073
• Add a directory tracker to the CBS Makefile builder by @jonahgraham in #1071
• Clarify API around CBuildConfiguration.getBuildDirectory as @nooverride by @jonahgraham in #1069
• Improve MinGW installation detection by @jld01 in #1094
• Refresh compile_commands.json during the build by @jonahgraham in #1098
• Avoid null value being converted to "null" string in environment by @jonahgraham in #1096
• CMake built-ins detection successful when compile_commands.json compiler by @betamaxbandit in #1095
• Replace dead link to Bracketeer by @juli-99 in #1101
• Update Release Notes with Core Build improvements by @betamaxbandit in #1100
• Cleanup N&N for CDT 12 and add some missing entries by @jonahgraham in #1102
• Add link to CDT LSP 3.0.0 milestone in N&N by @jonahgraham in #1103

New Contributors

• @adangel made their first contribution in #840
• @raghucssit made their first contribution in #866
• @alirana01 made their first contribution in #909
• @homeiceberg made their first contribution in #951
• @thahnen made their first contribution in #997
• @fredg02 made their first contribution in #1009
• @astrograph made their first contribution in #1020
• @DangMinhTam382 made their first contribution in #1090
• @juli-99 made their first contribution in #1101

Full Changelog: CDT_11_6_0...CDT_12_0_0

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