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Shared install: private plug-ins not showing up [message #905936] Fri, 31 August 2012 10:38 Go to next message
Carsten Reckord is currently offline Carsten ReckordFriend
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Hi there,

I've previously asked this question in the platform group
(http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/366962/) and was pointed here.

I'm trying to set up a shared install where the shared instance is a fully
initialized eclipse and the local instance is supposed to have additional
plug-ins installed on top. From my understanding, this is basically
"Scenario #3 - shared configuration" from
http://help.eclipse.org/juno/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.isv%2Freference%2Fmisc%2Fmulti_user_installs.html&cp=2_1_3_7

The idea is to have a (basic) shared eclipse installation that can be used
either standalone by itself or as the basis for more specialized local
configurations with additional plug-ins installed on top (i.e. base eclipse
+ WTP, base eclipse + PHP, etc.)

What I'm after is a setup where
- The shared instance can be used and updated on its own
- Updates and additional plug-ins installed in the shared instance will be
visible in the local instances (i.e. the local instances "evolve" with the
shared instance)
- The local instances can install plug-ins on top of the shared instance
that are only visible to themselves

From my understanding, this is exactly what Scenario #3 accomplishes, with
one caveat: to be able to run, update and extend the shared install on its
own, it cannot actually be read-only in the filesystem (since the user is
the same in all cases)


What I tried was using a normal, non-read-only Eclipse installation for the
shared instance and run the local instances on top like this:

<shared>/eclipse.exe -vmargs \
-Dosgi.configuration.cascaded=true \
-Dosgi.configuration.area=<local>/configuration \
-Dosgi.sharedConfiguration.area=<shared>/configuration \
-Dosgi.sharedConfiguration.area.readOnly=true \
-Dosgi.install.area.readOnly=true

This seems to be working fine. The workspace comes up and all plug-ins from
the shared install are working properly. When I install stuff, it gets
installed into <local>/plugins and features. <local>/p2 and
<local>/configuration/org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator/bundles.info
get updated successfully, too.

However, after installing plug-ins into the local instance and restarting,
the new features are not available. I see them listed in Installation
Details -> Installed Software, but not in the Plug-Ins or Features lists or
the Plug-In Registry view (the Plug-Ins view does show them, though).

I get the same results when actually making the shared install read-only in
the filesystem, so I don't think that's the issue here.

Any ideas what goes wrong here? Or is there an altogether better way to
achieve this?


Best regards,
Carsten
Re: Shared install: private plug-ins not showing up [message #909666 is a reply to message #905936] Fri, 07 September 2012 14:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Carsten Reckord is currently offline Carsten ReckordFriend
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Does anybody have any input on this?
Re: Shared install: private plug-ins not showing up [message #909834 is a reply to message #909666] Fri, 07 September 2012 22:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Pascal Rapicault is currently offline Pascal RapicaultFriend
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What was the nature of the changes you did? If you did a full update (go from 3.7 to 3.7x or 4.2) then it is the issue, if you just installed more in the base this should work.
If it does not please open a bug with detailed steps. Thx.
Re: Shared install: private plug-ins not showing up [message #1012173 is a reply to message #905936] Thu, 21 February 2013 02:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Scott Ellis is currently offline Scott EllisFriend
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I am having this exact same problem with my product and it has been driving me crazy for days. Anyone have any input? It works with plain vanilla eclipse 3.7.2 but not with my product built on the same version. I have been though all the configuration files with a fine tooth comb and can't find any difference that would cause the problem. Anyone, please help!
Thanks,
Scott
Re: Shared install: private plug-ins not showing up [message #1012177 is a reply to message #1012173] Thu, 21 February 2013 02:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Scott Ellis is currently offline Scott EllisFriend
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My issue in particular is with the polarion subversion connectors for subversive. I include Subversive in my product, then when the user enables the subversion activity I defined, it walks them through the polarion connector discovery process. Everything works fine on windows. On linux, everything *appears* to work fine, no errors anywhere during the process, when you restart it no longer prompts you for a connector, the connectors show up in the installed software list, the features and plugins are in the user's config.dir, and bundles.info is properly updated. But the features and plugins are not available so subversive doesn't work. Gah! Any help or information at all would be very much appreciated. Thanks

[Updated on: Thu, 21 February 2013 02:59]

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Re: Shared install: private plug-ins not showing up [message #1012180 is a reply to message #1012177] Thu, 21 February 2013 03:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Scott Ellis is currently offline Scott EllisFriend
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My main question is this: does anyone know why items like the polarion connectors would show up in the installed software list, but their associated features and plugins are not there? What is the disconnect in p2 that could cause that behavior?

E.g. Installed Software shows the following:
Subversive SVN Connectors 3.0.0.I20130122-1700 org.polarion.eclipse.team.svn.connector.feature.group Polarion Software
SVNKit 1.7.8 Implementation (Optional) 3.0.0.I20130122-1700 org.polarion.eclipse.team.svn.connector.svnkit17.feature.group Polarion Software

But the features and plugins required are not there on the features and plugins tabs. No errors during the update process, and works fine on windows.

[Updated on: Thu, 21 February 2013 03:07]

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Re: Shared install: private plug-ins not showing up [message #1012185 is a reply to message #1012180] Thu, 21 February 2013 03:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Scott Ellis is currently offline Scott EllisFriend
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The fact that it works on plain vanilla eclipse 3.7.2 on linux makes me think there must be some issue with my PDE build. But the fact that my product works fine on win7, which also has a read only shared install area, makes me wonder.

Could there still be a p2 issue with cascaded shared installs on linux? Does my PDE build need some kind of tweak?

Can anyone shed any light on this mystery? Thanks.

[Updated on: Thu, 21 February 2013 04:07]

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Re: Shared install: private plug-ins not showing up [message #1012190 is a reply to message #1012185] Thu, 21 February 2013 03:46 Go to previous message
Scott Ellis is currently offline Scott EllisFriend
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OK I just confirmed when I edit the shared install's bundles.info to contain the same new lines that got added to the user's local bundles.info file (to add the polarion connectors), then everything works fine. So I think there is indeed still a problem with cascaded shared installs on linux, but why it only occurs in my product and not plain vanilla eclipse I have no idea. Some arcane setting in the PDE build?

[Updated on: Thu, 21 February 2013 04:04]

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