STM32CubeMX generated project for Atollic 'Release' build bug

[kurta999]

If you generate a project for Atollic and try to use it's Release build configuration, Atollic will show a warning in project settings:

"Orphaned configuration. No base extension cfg exists for com.atollic.truestudio.exe.release.1518366166"

You can reproduce this with a clear project, it happens every time. I'm working with STM MCU's for a year, and inbuilt Release configuration always showing this error.

[Nawres GHARBI]

Hi @kurta999​ 

Thanks for the feedback, it has been reported to be fixed in the next STM32CubeMX version

[Markus Rudolf]

Not working in 5.10 still....

[Markus Rudolf]

Looks like it is not fixed in 5.0.1

Can someone confirm?

Markus

[thomast777]

Confirming NOT fixed in CubeMX 5.0.1

(with Atollic TrueStudio 9.2.0)

[kurta999]

Tested with 5.1.0, still not fixed.

[alister]

I guess fixed could mean STM32CubeMX doesn't generate a build configuration that's broken this way from scratch. I don't expect it could repair a build configuration that's broken this way. I guess the repair method would be to manually delete the build configuration, and then copy and modify another one, or create a whole new one. If you're creating a whole new one, you might be best off deleting the .project and .cproject files and get STM32CubeMX to generate the project again.

[Markus Rudolf]

May be a valid point. Still I don't like it when my customizations get overwritten without notice. There is already some work that went into it. Best thing would be to avoid such stupid mistakes in the first place. ST bought Atollic Compiler so they should test also with this compiler and not only debug but also release builds....

[Markus Rudolf]

The error is still there even with deleted .cproject and .project file when regenerating the code in CubeMX 5.10

[alister]

Also being discussed at https://community.st.com/s/question/0D50X00009XkY9ISAV/release-build-not-defining-compiler.

[Markus Rudolf]

Yeah commented there too. The support is missing a proper bug tracking system where you can directly report bugs, it gets a ticket ID and you get informed when its fixed.

[kurta999]

It is fixed in CubeMX 5.2.0. Could somebody else confirm this?

[thomast777]

Confirming fixed for NEW projects. Generated code from an existing project still shows the problem. At least there's a path. I am using this opportunity to check out the new STM32CubeIDE.

[Markus Rudolf]

It works but it kills any custom settings made in the Post-Build steps. as I use this to calculate a checksum and make a flashable Image for the target here, I consider this still as a bug and highly annoying.

CubeMX shall not touch this line when generating / regenerating code.