Bug 302152 New path variable created unexpectedly
One of the latest 3.6 IBuilds Steps: 1) Create a general project (let's call is 'project1') 2) Go to Project Properties and make sure that there are only dynamic path variables 2) Drag and drop a folder with a subfolder and files inside to 'project1' In my case it is c:/Folder > SubFolder > a.txt 3) In the "File and Folder Import" dialog, choose 'Automatic' (or later 'Default') and 'Recreate with Virtual Folders and Links' 4) Go to Project Properties again and see that a new variable is added ('C' which is defined relatively to PROJECT_LOC) 5) Open Properties for myProject/Folder/SubFolder/a.txt and see that its location is defined using this new 'C' variable. I should be at least asked if I want Eclipse to create any variables for me.
bundles/org.eclipse.ui.ide/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/ide/dialogs/PathVariableDialog.java
else
                        message = IDEWorkbenchMessages.PathVariableDialog_variableValueIsWrongTypeFile;
                }
            }
        } else if (!Path.EMPTY.isValidPath(variableValue)) {
            
            message = IDEWorkbenchMessages.PathVariableDialog_variableValueInvalidMessage;
            newValidationStatus = IMessageProvider.ERROR;
        } else if (!new Path(variableValue).isAbsolute()) {
            
            message = IDEWorkbenchMessages.PathVariableDialog_pathIsRelativeMessage;
            newValidationStatus = IMessageProvider.ERROR;
        } else if (!IDEResourceInfoUtils.exists(variableValue)) {
            
            message = IDEWorkbenchMessages.PathVariableDialog_pathDoesNotExistMessage;
            newValidationStatus = IMessageProvider.WARNING;
            allowFinish = true;
        } else {
            allowFinish = true;
        }
        
        
        if (validationStatus == IMessageProvider.NONE
                || newValidationStatus > validationStatus) {
            validationStatus = newValidationStatus;
            validationMessage = message;
        }
        setMessage(validationMessage, validationStatus);
        return allowFinish;
    }