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Cached repository meta-data [message #664211]

Thu, 07 April 2011 16:28

Eclipse User

I have created a local p2 repository for all the pesky bundles that are not published by the vendor/author. I recently updated the repository with a few additional bundles. The main rmap file used for my builds includes this repository and has worked well so far.

However, after updating the repository, the new bundles would not resolve or materialize until I restarted the IDE. I tried using the "Clear URL cache" and the "Refresh Meta-data" troubleshooting buttons in the buckminster preferences panel.

Is there a way to disable the caching of this information or to explicitly clear it out?

Re: Cached repository meta-data [message #664234 is a reply to message #664211]

Thu, 07 April 2011 19:11

Eclipse User

Sounds like this is p2 doing some caching - There is a "Reload" under
Preferences > Install/Update > Available Update sites. See if that has
any effect.

Do you by any chance have a TP that refers to this p2 repository? The TP
management logic seems easy to upset and I find I have to restart
Eclipse from time to time when having fiddled with TP definitions.

Regards
- henrik

On 4/7/11 10:28 PM, Trip Gilman wrote:
> I have created a local p2 repository for all the pesky bundles that are
> not published by the vendor/author. I recently updated the repository
> with a few additional bundles. The main rmap file used for my builds
> includes this repository and has worked well so far.
>
> However, after updating the repository, the new bundles would not
> resolve or materialize until I restarted the IDE. I tried using the
> "Clear URL cache" and the "Refresh Meta-data" troubleshooting buttons in
> the buckminster preferences panel.
>
> Is there a way to disable the caching of this information or to
> explicitly clear it out?

Re: Cached repository meta-data [message #664301 is a reply to message #664234]

Fri, 08 April 2011 06:11

Eclipse User

On 2011-04-08 01:11, Henrik Lindberg wrote:
> Sounds like this is p2 doing some caching - There is a "Reload" under Preferences > Install/Update > Available Update
> sites. See if that has any effect.

We might need to add something like that under the Buckminster preferences as well since we use another p2 agent and
profile than the installer. Feel free to enter a bugzilla about that.

At present, the only way to clear Buckminsters p2 cache is to remove the directory:

<workspace home> /.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.buckminster.core/p2.resolver

Do NOT remove it while your IDE is running.

HTH,
Thomas Hallgren

>
> Do you by any chance have a TP that refers to this p2 repository? The TP management logic seems easy to upset and I find
> I have to restart Eclipse from time to time when having fiddled with TP definitions.
>
> Regards
> - henrik
>
> On 4/7/11 10:28 PM, Trip Gilman wrote:
>> I have created a local p2 repository for all the pesky bundles that are
>> not published by the vendor/author. I recently updated the repository
>> with a few additional bundles. The main rmap file used for my builds
>> includes this repository and has worked well so far.
>>
>> However, after updating the repository, the new bundles would not
>> resolve or materialize until I restarted the IDE. I tried using the
>> "Clear URL cache" and the "Refresh Meta-data" troubleshooting buttons in
>> the buckminster preferences panel.
>>
>> Is there a way to disable the caching of this information or to
>> explicitly clear it out?
>

Re: Cached repository meta-data [message #664421 is a reply to message #664301]

Fri, 08 April 2011 14:14

Eclipse User

I checked and that repository is not registered with the underlying IDE profile. It's probably just the p2 libraries caching things. We do some custom p2 work in one of our components and I think we've seen the same sort of thing too. It's not a big deal to restart the IDE, just thought you guys should know.

I've opened the enhancement request here:

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=342324

Re: Cached repository meta-data [message #664538 is a reply to message #664211]

Sun, 10 April 2011 23:49

Eclipse User

Also, is there a proper way to remove a bundle from the in workspace target platform location? We occasionally remove a dependency or two from the system. I've tried just deleting it from the project and reloading the TP. That seems to set the PDE straight. However, buckminster seems to look at the contents of the artifacts.xml file in the TP project.

Is there an easy way to cause this file to be regenerated? Editing it by hand seems to work after the IDE is restarted. Removing the file causes some problems since during the next materialize operation, the entire project is re-downloaded and bound again, even if the bundle file is there.

Re: Cached repository meta-data [message #664559 is a reply to message #664538]

Mon, 11 April 2011 03:09

Eclipse User

On 2011-04-11 05:49, Trip Gilman wrote:
> Also, is there a proper way to remove a bundle from the in workspace target platform location? We occasionally remove a
> dependency or two from the system. I've tried just deleting it from the project and reloading the TP. That seems to set
> the PDE straight. However, buckminster seems to look at the contents of the artifacts.xml file in the TP project.
>
Try "Preferences" -> "Plug-in Development" -> "Target Platform" and click on the "Reload" button.

This is an important step after any manipulation of the target platform. A restart isn't enough but some times that's
needed too.

> Is there an easy way to cause this file to be regenerated? Editing it by hand seems to work after the IDE is restarted.
> Removing the file causes some problems since during the next materialize operation, the entire project is re-downloaded
> and bound again, even if the bundle file is there.

This is the p2 artifact repository so removing it will confuse p2. It will no longer sense that the artifact is present.

I sometimes edit this file by hand when I remove some bundles. The thing to remember when you do that is to adjust the
'size' attribute in the top <artifacts size="nnn"> accordingly.

HTH,
Thomas Hallgren

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