diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/make/internal/core/scannerconfig/util/CygpathTranslator.java b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/make/internal/core/scannerconfig/util/CygpathTranslator.java
index 9cc14451ff5..6a2e1f96e4d 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/make/internal/core/scannerconfig/util/CygpathTranslator.java
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/make/internal/core/scannerconfig/util/CygpathTranslator.java
@@ -33,50 +33,49 @@ import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform;
  */
 public class CygpathTranslator {
 	private IPath cwd;
-	private String orgPath;
 	private String transPath;
+    private boolean isCygpathAvailable;
     private boolean status;
     
 
-	public CygpathTranslator(String path) {
-        this(MakeCorePlugin.getDefault().getStateLocation(), path);
+	public CygpathTranslator() {
+        this(MakeCorePlugin.getDefault().getStateLocation());
     }
     
-    public CygpathTranslator(IPath cwd, String path) {
+    public CygpathTranslator(IPath cwd) {
 		this.cwd = cwd;
-		orgPath = path;
-        status = false;
+        isCygpathAvailable = Platform.getOS().equals(Platform.OS_WIN32);
+        translate("/"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+        isCygpathAvailable = status;
 	}
 	
-    /**
-     * @return Returns the status.
-     */
-    public boolean isStatus() {
-        return status;
-    }
-    
-	public String run() {
+	public String translate(final String path) {
+        if (!isCygpathAvailable) 
+            return path;
+        
 		ISafeRunnable runnable = new ISafeRunnable() {
 			public void run() throws Exception {
-				transPath = platformRun();
+				transPath = platformRun(path);
 				if (transPath.startsWith("cygpath:")) {	//$NON-NLS-1$
 					transPath = null;
 				}
 			}
 
 			public void handleException(Throwable exception) {
-				transPath = orgPath;
+				transPath = path;
 				MakeCorePlugin.log(exception);
 			}
 		};
 		Platform.run(runnable);
+        
 		return transPath;
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * @param path 
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	String platformRun() {
+	private String platformRun(String path) {
 		CommandLauncher launcher = new CommandLauncher();
 		launcher.showCommand(false);
 
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ public class CygpathTranslator {
 
 		Process p = launcher.execute(
 			new Path("cygpath"),			//$NON-NLS-1$
-			new String[] {"-m", orgPath},	//$NON-NLS-1$
+			new String[] {"-m", path},	//$NON-NLS-1$
 			new String[0],//setEnvironment(launcher, "c:/"),//$NON-NLS-1$
 			cwd);				//$NON-NLS-1$
 		if (p != null) {
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ public class CygpathTranslator {
                 status = true;
 				return output.toString().trim();
 		}
-		return orgPath;
+		return path;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -134,20 +133,16 @@ public class CygpathTranslator {
      * @return
      */
     public static List translateIncludePaths(List sumIncludes) {
-        CygpathTranslator test = new CygpathTranslator("/"); //$NON-NLS-1$
-        test.run();
-        if (!test.isStatus()) return sumIncludes;
+        CygpathTranslator cygpath = new CygpathTranslator();
+        if (!cygpath.isCygpathAvailable) return sumIncludes;
         
         List translatedIncludePaths = new ArrayList();
         for (Iterator i = sumIncludes.iterator(); i.hasNext(); ) {
             String includePath = (String) i.next();
             IPath realPath = new Path(includePath);
             if (!realPath.toFile().exists()) {
-                String translatedPath = includePath;
-                if (Platform.getOS().equals(Platform.OS_WIN32)) {
-                    translatedPath = (new CygpathTranslator(includePath)).run();
-                }
-                if (translatedPath != null) {
+                String translatedPath = cygpath.translate(includePath);
+                if (translatedPath != null && cygpath.status == true) {
                     if (!translatedPath.equals(includePath)) {
                         // Check if the translated path exists
                         IPath transPath = new Path(translatedPath);
diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/ChangeLog b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/ChangeLog
index 8040ad6c413..5941126b78c 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/ChangeLog
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-05-03 Vladimir Hirsl
+	Fix for PR 91276: Cygpath on Linux for SCD?
+	Changes in CygpathTranslator that affect DefaultGnuWinScannerInfoCollector.
+	
+	* src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/internal/scannerconfig/DefaultGnuWinScannerInfoCollector.java
+
 2005-03-18 Alain Magloire
 	Fix for PR 88110: Importing project that need converting would
 	create NPE and ResouceException failures.
diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/internal/scannerconfig/DefaultGnuWinScannerInfoCollector.java b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/internal/scannerconfig/DefaultGnuWinScannerInfoCollector.java
index 9321b1fc3e0..ea084942840 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/internal/scannerconfig/DefaultGnuWinScannerInfoCollector.java
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/internal/scannerconfig/DefaultGnuWinScannerInfoCollector.java
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ public class DefaultGnuWinScannerInfoCollector extends DefaultGCCScannerInfoColl
             List symbols = (List) scannerInfo.get(ScannerInfoTypes.SYMBOL_DEFINITIONS);
             
     		// This method will be called by the parser each time there is a new value
-    		Iterator pathIter = includes.listIterator();
+            List translatedIncludes = CygpathTranslator.translateIncludePaths(includes);
+    		Iterator pathIter = translatedIncludes.listIterator();
     		while (pathIter.hasNext()) {
-    			String path = (String) pathIter.next();
-    			String convertedPath = convertPath(path);
+    			String convertedPath = (String) pathIter.next();
     			// On MinGW, there is no facility for converting paths
     			if (convertedPath.startsWith("/")) continue;	//$NON-NLS-1$
     			// Add it if it is not a duplicate
@@ -61,17 +61,4 @@ public class DefaultGnuWinScannerInfoCollector extends DefaultGCCScannerInfoColl
         }
 	}
 	
-	/* (non-Javadoc)
-	 * Converts the argument from a POSIX-style path to a valid Win32 path. 
-	 * If the string is already in the proper format it will not be changed.
-	 * 
-	 * @param path <code>String</code> containing path to convert 
-	 * @return <code>String</code> containing the converted path 
-	 */
-	private String convertPath(String includePath) {
-		// Convert a POSIX-style path to Win32
-		String translatedPath = new CygpathTranslator(includePath).run();
-		return translatedPath;
-	}
-
 }