This has just happened to me with C::B nighly, on Debian 10 (buster).
Name : Code::Blocks
Version : svn-r11979
SDK Version : 1.47.0
Scintilla Version: 3.7.5
Author : The Code::Blocks Team
E-mail : info@codeblocks.org
Website : http://www.codeblocks.org
wxWidgets Library (wxGTK port)
Version 3.0.4 (Unicode: wchar_t, debug level: 1),
Runtime version of toolkit used is 2.24.
Compile-time GTK+ version is 2.24.32.
In "Project build options", the "Compiler flags" is now empty for "GNU GCC Compiler". For all other compilers it displays options normally. This has happened recently. Restarting C::B doesn't help.
As described previously, deleting the "~/.local/share/codeblocks/compilers/options_gcc.xml" solves this problem.
However, I am sure I haven't created this file manually. It must have been the Code::Blocks itself. Prior to this happening, I have been fiddling around a lot with Project build options, and restarting C::B often, something there must have triggered this. I might have accidentally switched compiler to something else and then back to GCC.
Contents of /usr/share/codeblocks/compilers/options_gcc.xml:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE CodeBlocks_compiler_options>
<CodeBlocks_compiler_options>
<if platform="windows">
<Program name="C" value="mingw32-gcc.exe"/>
<Program name="CPP" value="mingw32-g++.exe"/>
<Program name="LD" value="mingw32-g++.exe"/>
<Program name="DBGconfig" value="gdb_debugger:Default"/>
<Program name="LIB" value="ar.exe"/>
<Program name="WINDRES" value="windres.exe"/>
<Program name="MAKE" value="mingw32-make.exe"/>
</if>
<else>
<Program name="C" value="gcc"/>
<Program name="CPP" value="g++"/>
<Program name="LD" value="g++"/>
<Program name="DBGconfig" value="gdb_debugger:Default"/>
<Program name="LIB" value="ar"/>
<Program name="WINDRES" value=""/>
<Program name="MAKE" value="make"/>
</else>
<Switch name="includeDirs" value="-I"/>
<Switch name="libDirs" value="-L"/>
<Switch name="linkLibs" value="-l"/>
<Switch name="defines" value="-D"/>
<Switch name="genericSwitch" value="-"/>
<Switch name="objectExtension" value="o"/>
<Switch name="needDependencies" value="true"/>
<Switch name="forceCompilerUseQuotes" value="false"/>
<Switch name="forceLinkerUseQuotes" value="false"/>
<Switch name="logging" value="default"/>
<Switch name="libPrefix" value="lib"/>
<Switch name="libExtension" value="a"/>
<Switch name="linkerNeedsLibPrefix" value="false"/>
<Switch name="linkerNeedsLibExtension" value="false"/>
<Switch name="supportsPCH" value="true"/>
<Switch name="PCHExtension" value="gch"/>
<Switch name="UseFullSourcePaths" value="true"/>
<!-- Summary of GCC options: http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Option-Summary.html -->
<Option name="Produce debugging symbols"
option="-g"
category="Debugging"
checkAgainst="-O -O1 -O2 -O3 -Os"
checkMessage="You have optimizations enabled. This is Not A Good Thing(tm) when producing debugging symbols..."
supersedes="-s"/>
<Option name="Optimize debugging executable (compile speed, execution speed and better debugging)"
option="-Og"
category="Debugging"
supersedes="-O -O1 -O2 -O3"/>
<Option name="Target x86 (32bit)"
option="-m32"
additionalLibs="-m32"
supersedes="-m64"/>
<Option name="Target x86_64 (64bit)"
option="-m64"
additionalLibs="-m64"
supersedes="-m32"/>
<Option name="Position Independent Code"
option="-fPIC"/>
<Option name="Static linking"
additionalLibs="-static"/>
<Option name="Static libgcc"
additionalLibs="-static-libgcc"/>
<Option name="Static libstdc++"
additionalLibs="-static-libstdc++"/>
<if platform="windows">
<Option name="Profile code when executed"
option="-pg"
category="Profiling"
additionalLibs="-pg -lgmon"
supersedes="-s"/>
</if>
<else>
<Option name="Profile code when executed"
option="-pg"
category="Profiling"
additionalLibs="-pg"
supersedes="-s"/>
</else>
<!-- warnings -->
<Common name="warnings"/>
<Category name="Warnings">
<Option name="Enable Effective-C++ warnings (thanks Scott Meyers)"
option="-Weffc++"/>
<Option name="Warn whenever a switch statement does not have a default case"
option="-Wswitch-default"/>
<Option name="Warn whenever a switch statement has an index of enumerated type and lacks a case for one or more of the named codes of that enumeration"
option="-Wswitch-enum"/>
<if exec="C -dumpversion"
regex="^[4-9]"
default="true">
<Option name="Warn if a user supplied include directory does not exist"
option="-Wmissing-include-dirs"/>
</if>
<Option name="Warn if a global function is defined without a previous declaration"
option="-Wmissing-declarations"/>
<Option name="Warn if the compiler detects that code will never be executed"
option="-Wunreachable-code"/>
<Option name="Warn if a function can not be inlined and it was declared as inline"
option="-Winline"/>
<Option name="Warn if floating point values are used in equality comparisons"
option="-Wfloat-equal"/>
<Option name="Warn if an undefined identifier is evaluated in an '#if' directive"
option="-Wundef"/>
<Option name="Warn whenever a pointer is cast such that the required alignment of the target is increased"
option="-Wcast-align"/>
<Option name="Warn if anything is declared more than once in the same scope"
option="-Wredundant-decls"/>
<Option name="Warn about unitialized variables which are initialized with themselves"
option="-Winit-self"/>
<Option name="Warn whenever a local variable shadows another local variable, parameter or global variable or whenever a built-in function is shadowed"
option="-Wshadow"/>
<Option name="Warn if a class has virtual functions but no virtual destructor"
option="-Wnon-virtual-dtor"/>
</Category>
<!-- optimization -->
<Common name="optimization"/>
<Option name="Don't keep the frame pointer in a register for functions that don't need one"
option="-fomit-frame-pointer"
category="Optimization"
checkAgainst="-g -ggdb"
checkMessage="You have debugging symbols enabled. This is Not A Good Thing(tm) when optimizing..."/>
<!-- machine dependent options - cpu arch -->
<Common name="architecture"/>
<Command name="CompileObject"
value="$compiler $options $includes -c $file -o $object"/>
<Command name="GenDependencies"
value="$compiler -MM $options -MF $dep_object -MT $object $includes $file"/>
<Command name="CompileResource"
value="$rescomp $res_includes $res_options -J rc -O coff -i $file -o $resource_output"/>
<Command name="LinkConsoleExe"
value="$linker $libdirs -o $exe_output $link_objects $link_resobjects $link_options $libs"/>
<if platform="windows">
<Command name="LinkNative"
value="$linker $libdirs -o $exe_output $link_objects $link_resobjects $link_options $libs -Wl,--subsystem,native"/>
<Command name="LinkExe"
value="$linker $libdirs -o $exe_output $link_objects $link_resobjects $link_options $libs -mwindows"/>
<Command name="LinkDynamic"
value="$linker -shared -Wl,--output-def=$def_output -Wl,--out-implib=$static_output -Wl,--dll $libdirs $link_objects $link_resobjects -o $exe_output $link_options $libs"/>
<Command name="LinkStatic"
value="cmd /c if exist $static_output del $static_output\n$lib_linker -r -s $static_output $link_objects"/>
</if>
<else>
<Command name="LinkNative"
value="$linker $libdirs -o $exe_output $link_objects $link_resobjects $link_options $libs"/>
<Command name="LinkExe"
value="$linker $libdirs -o $exe_output $link_objects $link_resobjects $link_options $libs"/>
<Command name="LinkDynamic"
value="$linker -shared $libdirs $link_objects $link_resobjects -o $exe_output $link_options $libs"/>
<Command name="LinkStatic"
value="rm -f $static_output\n$lib_linker -r -s $static_output $link_objects"/>
</else>
<Common name="cmds"/>
<Common name="re"/>
<Common name="sort"/>
</CodeBlocks_compiler_options>
Contents of ~/.local/share/codeblocks/compilers/options_gcc.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CodeBlocks_compiler_options>
<Program name="C" value="gcc"/>
<Program name="CPP" value="g++"/>
<Program name="LD" value="g++"/>
<Program name="DBGconfig" value="gdb_debugger:Default"/>
<Program name="LIB" value="ar"/>
<Program name="WINDRES" value=""/>
<Program name="MAKE" value="make"/>
<Switch name="includeDirs" value="-I"/>
<Switch name="libDirs" value="-L"/>
<Switch name="linkLibs" value="-l"/>
<Switch name="defines" value="-D"/>
<Switch name="genericSwitch" value="-"/>
<Switch name="objectExtension" value="o"/>
<Switch name="forceFwdSlashes" value="false"/>
<Switch name="forceLinkerUseQuotes" value="false"/>
<Switch name="forceCompilerUseQuotes" value="false"/>
<Switch name="needDependencies" value="true"/>
<Switch name="logging" value="default"/>
<Switch name="libPrefix" value="lib"/>
<Switch name="libExtension" value="a"/>
<Switch name="linkerNeedsLibPrefix" value="false"/>
<Switch name="linkerNeedsLibExtension" value="false"/>
<Switch name="linkerNeedsPathResolved" value="false"/>
<Switch name="supportsPCH" value="true"/>
<Switch name="PCHExtension" value="gch"/>
<Switch name="UseFlatObjects" value="false"/>
<Switch name="UseFullSourcePaths" value="true"/>
<Switch name="includeDirSeparator" value=" "/>
<Switch name="libDirSeparator" value=" "/>
<Switch name="objectSeparator" value=" "/>
<Switch name="statusSuccess" value="0"/>
<Switch name="Use83Paths" value="false"/>
<Command name="CompileObject" value="$compiler $options $includes -c $file -o $object"/>
<Command name="CompileObject" value="swig -c++ -lua $includes -o $file_dir/$file_name.cpp $file" ext="i" gen="$file_dir/$file_name.cpp"/>
<Command name="CompileObject" value="ragel $file -C -L -o $file.cpp" ext="rl" gen="$file.cpp"/>
<Command name="CompileObject" value="bison -v -d $file -o $file_dir/$file_name.parser.cc" ext="y" gen="$file_dir/$file_name.parser.cc;$file_dir/$file_name.parser.hh"/>
<Command name="CompileObject" value="flex -o$file_dir/$file_name.scanner.cc $file" ext="l" gen="$file_dir/$file_name.scanner.cc"/>
<Command name="CompileObject" value="cython $file" ext="pyx" gen="$file_dir/$file_name.c"/>
<Command name="CompileObject" value="lzz $includes $file" ext="lzz" gen="$file_dir/$file_name.cpp;$file_dir/$file_name.h"/>
<Command name="GenDependencies" value="$compiler -MM $options -MF $dep_object -MT $object $includes $file"/>
<Command name="CompileResource" value="$rescomp $res_includes $res_options -J rc -O coff -i $file -o $resource_output"/>
<Command name="LinkExe" value="$linker $libdirs -o $exe_output $link_objects $link_resobjects $link_options $libs"/>
<Command name="LinkConsoleExe" value="$linker $libdirs -o $exe_output $link_objects $link_resobjects $link_options $libs"/>
<Command name="LinkDynamic" value="$linker -shared $libdirs $link_objects $link_resobjects -o $exe_output $link_options $libs"/>
<Command name="LinkStatic" value="rm -f $static_output
$lib_linker -r -s $static_output $link_objects"/>
<Command name="LinkNative" value="$linker $libdirs -o $exe_output $link_objects $link_resobjects $link_options $libs"/>
<RegEx name="Fatal error" type="error" msg="1">
<![CDATA[FATAL:[ \t]*(.*)]]>
</RegEx>
<RegEx name="'In function...' info" type="info" msg="2" file="1">
<![CDATA[([][{}() \t#%$~[:alnum:]&_:+/\.-]+):[ \t]+([iI]n ([cC]lass|[cC]onstructor|[dD]estructor|[fF]unction|[mM]ember [fF]unction).*)]]>
</RegEx>
<RegEx name="'Skipping N instantiation contexts' info (2)" type="info" msg="3" file="1" line="2">
<![CDATA[([][{}() \t#%$~[:alnum:]&_:+/\.-]+):([0-9]+):[0-9]+:[ \t]+(\[[ \t]+[Ss]kipping [0-9]+ instantiation contexts[ \t]+\])]]>
</RegEx>
<RegEx name="'Skipping N instantiation contexts' info" type="info" msg="3" file="1" line="2">
<![CDATA[([][{}() \t#%$~[:alnum:]&_:+/\.-]+):([0-9]+):[ \t]+(\[[ \t]+[Ss]kipping [0-9]+ instantiation contexts[ \t]+\])]]>
</RegEx>
<RegEx name="'In instantiation' warning" type="warning" msg="2" file="1">
<![CDATA[([][{}() \t#%$~[:alnum:]&_:+/\.-]+):[ \t]+([Ii]n [Ii]nstantiation.*)]]>
</RegEx>
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<![CDATA[([][{}() \t#%$~[:alnum:]&_:+/\.-]+):([0-9]+):[0-9]+:[ \t]+([Rr]equired from.*)]]>
</RegEx>
<RegEx name="'Instantiated from' info (2)" type="info" msg="3" file="1" line="2">
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</RegEx>
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<Sort CFlags="-std=c89 -std=gnu89 -std=c90 -std=gnu90 -std=iso9899:1990 -std=iso9899:1994 -std=c99 -std=gnu99 -std=iso9899:1999 -std=c11 -std=gnu11 -std=iso9899:2011 -std=c17 -std=iso9899:2017"/>
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</CodeBlocks_compiler_options>