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EGL Build error: a cycle was detected in the eglpath of the project

Troubleshooting


Problem

The technote addresses the EGL Build error: [a cycle was detected in the eglpath of the project] for any project migrated from previous versions of EGL or VisualAge® Generator to EGL in IBM® Rational® Application Developer for Websphere® Software (RAD) version 6 and later.

Cause

EGL in RAD version 6 and later has more strict rules for building EGL projects including circular dependencies, which used to work in the EGL version 5 or VisualAge Generator environments.

Resolving The Problem

The workaround for this issue is to enable the VisualAge Generator compatibility option which is available in the Windows > Preferences > EGL tab as shown below:



Enabling this option changes this type of error into a warning in the EGL Build problem view, and enables the migration to proceed while warning the developer of the potential problem.

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Document Information

Modified date:
10 September 2020

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