Problems linking with Visual Studio 2005 Professional

[Hideaki]

I'm having problems linking a simple program(and anything for that matter) with Code::Blocks using the Visual Studio 2005 Professional compiler.

This is the error I get:

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-------------- Build: Debug in test ---------------

main.cpp
Linking console executable: bin\Debug\test.exe
link: extra operand `/LIBPATH:C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\\VC\\lib'
Try `link --help' for more information.
Process terminated with status 1 (0 minutes, 0 seconds)
0 errors, 0 warnings

The same compile will work fine with Visual Studio 2008 Pro, but I'd like to use 2005 for a project I've already been working on.

[Hideaki]

Well, it turns out it has nothing to do with code::blocks but with the fact that I have cygwin in my path. Is there a reason why Code::Blocks is launching link.exe from the path instead of directly from the specified location?

I fixed this by specifying the full path to link.exe(C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\link.exe) in Code::Block's compiler settings.

[Jenna]

Which version of C::B do you use.

This issue (not respecting the path-order implied by settting the path in toolchain tab sometimes) should be fixed in svn r5344.

[Hideaki]

Which version of C::B do you use.

This issue (not respecting the path-order implied by settting the path in toolchain tab sometimes) should be fixed in svn r5344.

I'm using 8.02.

[Jenna]

Which version of C::B do you use.

This issue (not respecting the path-order implied by settting the path in toolchain tab sometimes) should be fixed in svn r5344.

I'm using 8.02.

In this case you should either update to a recent nightly build or wait for the next release to have this issue fixed.