CCS v4 - Exclude File Issues

Will,

I would recommend a different structure.

mainLib

inc

src

lib_a

inc

src

lib_b

inc

src

Then setup lib_a and lib_b as referenced projects for mainLib if you want them to be linked with it (if you don't want them linked then don't setup the reference).  The problem you are seeing is that when you rebuild lib_a or lib_b it deletes the lib which will also delete the fact that there is a file specific option associated with it (in this case exclude).  When it is created again since it is under the mainLib dir structure it will be automatically included.  If you separate the folders like I have above you can avoid the issue.

John

John,

Is this the only solution?  This is a project that we started in CCS v3.3 and migrated to CCS v4...changing the directory structure involves changing how it is stored in our revision control system...from past experiences, people get pretty grumpy when that happens.

-Will

What about changing where the .libs from lib_a and lib_b get generated?  i.e. put just those files outside the directory structure

Did you also exclude all the .c files from lib_a and lib_b?  if not those are going to get built as well when you build mainLib.

All other files are excluded.  It doesn't really make sense to me that I have to move the generated libs outside the directory.  Is this really how excluding files should work?

Projects in v4 are file system oriented.  If the file is in the project directory structure then it is part of the project, unless you exclude it.  Very different from 3.3 where nothing is in the project unless you explicitly include it.  That is the one thing that took me the longest to get used to in v4.

As far as moving the generated libs my thought was to go into build properties from the right context menu of the project.  Select the "Build Settings" tab and specify a path in front of the Artifact name.

John

John,
I understand this idea about eclipse, but is it correct that if I exclude a file in the project, clean and rebuild the project, and now the file that i previously excluded is now included in the project?  I seems like this is a bug.  The same problem exists if I check out my entire project from revision control...the setting for exclude files on any that are generated is not preserved.

Thanks,
Will

The problem for the .lib is that the file gets deleted so the "exclusion" info is lost.  If you see the same problem for source files being checked out that is definitely a bug.

John