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Sat, 13 September 2008 09:32

Eclipse User

1- I added plugin using .link file. (namely JBossTools plugins)
2- started eclipse using -clean , plugins are there and everything works
fine
3- closed eclipse
4- removed the .link file from the dropins folder
5- started eclipse using -clean
6- plugins still there !

I am using linux 64 .

What's wrong ?

Re: .links doesn't work [message #117751 is a reply to message #117512]

Fri, 19 September 2008 04:55

Eclipse User

Even I faced the same problem. This is what I think actually happens in
Eclipse 3.4.
When we add link file to the dropins folder, the plugins in the folder get
'installed' in the Eclipse (i.e., an entry is made in the bundles.info in
the configuration). So even if the link file is removed, the entries
remain in the bundles.info file.
To solve this, I manually removed the entries from the 'bundles.info'
file. But I think this is not a recommended approach.
Can anyone kindly let know if there is any better approach to uninstall
features added using links file?

Re: .links doesn't work [message #117763 is a reply to message #117751]

Fri, 19 September 2008 10:05

Eclipse User

I wouldn't mess with the bundle.info.
A better approach would be to remove the linked folder from the platform.xml
or rename the linked folder which in turn will remove it from the
platform.xml

This obviously a bug so this is just a workaround.
-Simon

"Kumar" <kiran.kumar@progress.com> wrote in message
news:afde2cab2457f2ae9283ec3373ba3ea0$1@www.eclipse.org...
> Even I faced the same problem. This is what I think actually happens in
> Eclipse 3.4.
> When we add link file to the dropins folder, the plugins in the folder get
> 'installed' in the Eclipse (i.e., an entry is made in the bundles.info in
> the configuration). So even if the link file is removed, the entries
> remain in the bundles.info file.
> To solve this, I manually removed the entries from the 'bundles.info'
> file. But I think this is not a recommended approach.
> Can anyone kindly let know if there is any better approach to uninstall
> features added using links file?
>

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