topic Re: Unresolved inclusion in MCUXpresso IDE

Unresolved inclusion

biafra — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 09:07:57 GMT

Hi everyone,

I'm using MCUXpresso 24.9.

For some reasons in my project I needed to chnge the compiler command line. The chenges are working fine, the project is built without problem.

But there is a side effect: the indexer is not able to resolve lib include files:

To debug the problem I created a test program with the default options (New Project -> Create a new C/C++ project), then I changed the command line to compile the project (Project properties -> C/C++ Build -> Settings -> MCU C compiler) from the default value ("arm-none-eabi-gcc") to "../compile.cmd":

The file compile.cmd is located in the project directory and contains the single line:

arm-none-eabi-gcc %*

If I compile the program the process is terminated without errors, but all the c library files are highlighted as unresolved inclusions: so the problem belongs only to the indexer.

When there is the default setting no highlight is present and in the <WorkspaceDir>\.metadata\.log file there are the following messages:

!ENTRY org.eclipse.cdt.core 1 0 2024-10-14 10:30:17.365 !MESSAGE Indexed 'MIMXRT1064_Project' (20 sources, 43 headers) in 1,87 sec: 8.359 declarations; 17.870 references; 0 unresolved inclusions; 0 syntax errors; 0 unresolved names (0%)

While when there is my custom setting there are the following messages:

!ENTRY org.eclipse.cdt.core 4 0 2024-10-14 10:32:13.001 !MESSAGE Error: Cannot run program "..\compile.cmd": Launching failed !STACK 0 java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "..\compile.cmd": Launching failed at org.eclipse.cdt.utils.spawner.Spawner.exec(Spawner.java:450) at org.eclipse.cdt.utils.spawner.Spawner.<init>(Spawner.java:147) at org.eclipse.cdt.utils.spawner.Spawner.<init>(Spawner.java:134) at org.eclipse.cdt.utils.spawner.ProcessFactory$Builder.start(ProcessFactory.java:273) at org.eclipse.cdt.utils.spawner.ProcessFactory.exec(ProcessFactory.java:366) at org.eclipse.cdt.core.CommandLauncher.execute(CommandLauncher.java:189) at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.BuildRunnerHelper.build(BuildRunnerHelper.java:274) at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.language.settings.providers.AbstractBuiltinSpecsDetector.runProgramForLanguage(AbstractBuiltinSpecsDetector.java:808) at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.language.settings.providers.AbstractBuiltinSpecsDetector.runForLanguage(AbstractBuiltinSpecsDetector.java:736) at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.language.settings.providers.AbstractBuiltinSpecsDetector.runForEachLanguage(AbstractBuiltinSpecsDetector.java:601) at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.language.settings.providers.AbstractBuiltinSpecsDetector$1.runInWorkspace(AbstractBuiltinSpecsDetector.java:527) at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.InternalWorkspaceJob.run(InternalWorkspaceJob.java:43) at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:63) !ENTRY org.eclipse.cdt.core 1 0 2024-10-14 10:32:14.602 !MESSAGE Indexed 'MIMXRT1064_Project' (20 sources, 30 headers) in 1,05 sec: 7.246 declarations; 12.921 references; 18 unresolved inclusions; 59 syntax errors; 3.440 unresolved names (15%)

How can I try to remove the problem?

Many thanks

Biafra

Re: Unresolved inclusion

Alice_Yang — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:07:00 GMT

Hello @biafra

Could you please send your whole project with compile.cmd. I help to test and check on my side. Thanks.

Alice

Re: Unresolved inclusion

biafra — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:15:23 GMT

Hi @Alice_Yang,

Many thanks for your asnwer.

The project is attached. Let me know if you need something else.

Many thanks

Biafra

Re: Unresolved inclusion

biafra — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:51:32 GMT

Hi @Alice_Yang,

I did a step ahead.

If I set the command line to compile the project with the absolute path of compile.cmd file (C:/MyProject/compile.cmd), the unresolved inclusions decorations disappear.

So I tried to use the PROJECT_LOC path variable, but it seems it's not expanded and I have build errors too.

Is there a way to give the indexer a relative path to the compile.cmd file? Or even an absolute path depending on the project location?

I need the project location can be changed, because of different project developers drive path.

Many thanks

Biafra

Re: Unresolved inclusion

Alice_Yang — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 07:53:03 GMT

Hello @biafra

Sorry I haven't received the file. Could you please send it again?

Alice

Re: Unresolved inclusion

biafra — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 15:41:33 GMT

HI @Alice_Yang,

Sorry for the mistake, the file is attached.

Many thanks

Biafra

Re: Unresolved inclusion

biafra — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:44:39 GMT

Hi @Alice_Yang,

Did you received the file?

Many thanks

Biafra

Re: Unresolved inclusion

Alice_Yang — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 03:59:49 GMT

Hello @biafra

Yes, I have received it. I need to confirm with the IDE development team. I will reply to you as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.

Alice

Re: Unresolved inclusion

biafra — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 10:31:34 GMT

Hi @Alice_Yang,

Now I'm able to configure an absolute path depending on the project localtion. It need to use the ProjDirPath path variable, as on this image:

However, the real project is a very complex project and the command line exceeds the 8191 character limit, so I cannot use the Windows .cmd batch file.

Because Git is installed on my PC, I can use a .sh shell file.

The file compile.sh is located in the project directory as compile.cmd and contains the following lines:

#!/bin/sh arm-none-eabi-gcc $@

Although with compile.sh file the project is built with no errors, using a .sh file leads to the same problem: the indexer is not able to resolve lib include files.

Many thanks

Biafra

Re: Unresolved inclusion

biafra — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 09:31:42 GMT

Hi @Alice_Yang,

Is there any news regarding the problem I reported?

Has it been verified from the development team?

In the meantime I switched to MCUXpresso 25.6, but nothing is changed.

Despite the error reported on the problems view, the project compiles fine.

Many thanks

Biafra