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| NullPointerException while buckminster install [message #632224] |
Tue, 12 October 2010 07:58  |
 nick tan
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hi, all
i'm working on an env for eclipse plugin headless build with buckminster.
the installation process is not that happy, encounter several problems.
1, NullPointerException while install buckminster with p2 director, according to the wiki page:
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Installing_Headless_Buckminster:
director -consolelog -r http://download.eclipse.org/tools/buckminster/headless-3.6/ -d /opt/buckminster -p Buckminster -i org.eclipse.buckminster.cmdline.product
the workaround is install from local archive:
director -consolelog -r jar:file:/opt/org.eclipse.buckminster.site.eclipse.headless_1.2.0.r11579.zip\!/ -d /opt/buckminster -p Buckminster -i org.eclipse.buckminster.cmdline.product
2. NullPointerException while install buckminster required features, according to the wiki page http://wiki.eclipse.org/Sample_headless_configuration_%28Buc kminster%29] http://wiki.eclipse.org/Sample_headless_configuration_%28Buc kminster%29[/url]:
buckminster install http://download.eclipse.org/tools/buckminster/updates/headless-site.xml org.eclipse.buckminster.core.headless.feature
so, i tried with local archive again, this time, listsite works fine:
buckminster listsite jar:file:/opt/org.eclipse.buckminster.site.eclipse.headless_1.2.0.r11579.zip\!/
but NPE remained with install:
buckminster install jar:file:/opt/org.eclipse.buckminster.site.eclipse.headless_1.2.0.r11579.zip\!/ org.eclipse.buckminster.core.headless.feature
can anybody help me out?
thanks
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| Re: NullPointerException while buckminster install [message #632307 is a reply to message #632236] |
Tue, 12 October 2010 14:17  |
nick tan
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hi, henrik
thanks for your reply
sorry for incomplete information
> Are you behind a proxy?
yes, i'm behind the proxy
> Which platform are you on? Java version?
RHEL5
JDK1.6.19
> Are you using a released director? Which one?
director_latest.zip
and finally it turn out that it's the problem with proxy
i worked behind the proxy (in the company), but i have set the http proxy in my session:
export http_proxy=my.proxy.server:proxy_port
now i'm working in my home env (no proxy), and can install the buckminster features from command line:
buckminster install http://download.eclipse.org/tools/buckminster/headless-3.6/ org.eclipse.buckminster.core.headless.feature
thanks again:)
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| Re: NullPointerException while buckminster install [message #632365 is a reply to message #632307] |
Tue, 12 October 2010 16:03 |
Henrik Lindberg
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There are some issues with headless director and proxies (don't have the
bug # handy at the moment - sorry).
Buckminster has logging that can be turned on, and it is possible to
turn off multi-threading. This is described in the documentation.
Typically, when buckminster headless is used, it is a CI server that is
executing the process, and user feedback is not really helpful. You can
run buckminster inside the IDE as well and there you also have
preferences etc that can be set (log levels, etc.) in a convenient way.
When running there are progress monitors that when viewed reveals
details about what is going on.
When the director is running it is p2 doing all the work.
Likewise when buckminster is requesting resolution from a p2 repository.
There are tracing and debugging information available for the various
layers - p2, and then ECF (for ever lower level communication feedback).
I also wish I could define the logic that prints a meaningful error
message when an unexpected NPE occurs :) If you have concrete
suggestions, I suggest you open enhancement requests against the
relevant component.
- henrik
On 10/12/10 4:17 PM, nick tan wrote:
> hi, henrik
>
> thanks for your reply
> sorry for incomplete information
>
>> Are you behind a proxy?
> yes, i'm behind the proxy
>
>> Which platform are you on? Java version?
> RHEL5
> JDK1.6.19
>
>> Are you using a released director? Which one?
> http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/tools/bu ckminster/products/director_latest.zip
>
>
> and finally it turn out that it's the problem with proxy
> i worked behind the proxy (in the company), but i have set the http
> proxy in my session:
> export http_proxy=my.proxy.server:proxy_port
>
> now i'm working in my home env (no proxy), and can install the
> buckminster features from command line.
>
>
> here are two more little suggestion:
> 1. print human readable error info instead of exception name, e.g.
> NullPointerException
> 2. could you print the installation progress to stdout (just like
> "apt-get install" in ubuntu) for headless buckminster, that user can
> know buckminster is working, rather than annoying waiting...
>
> thanks again:)
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| Re: NullPointerException while buckminster install [message #632455 is a reply to message #632365] |
Wed, 13 October 2010 02:54 |
nick tan
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| Henrik Lindberg wrote on Tue, 12 October 2010 12:03 | There are some issues with headless director and proxies (don't have the
bug # handy at the moment - sorry).
Buckminster has logging that can be turned on, and it is possible to
turn off multi-threading. This is described in the documentation.
Typically, when buckminster headless is used, it is a CI server that is
executing the process, and user feedback is not really helpful.
You can
run buckminster inside the IDE as well and there you also have
preferences etc that can be set (log levels, etc.) in a convenient way.
When running there are progress monitors that when viewed reveals
details about what is going on.
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IMO, the IDE env general not the same as the build server env, things work in IDE may not work in build server.
my initial thought for buckminster is it's something like maven, what we need to do to build an app, is to provide some configuration file, and execute it in command line. with buckminster, we generally:
1. providing configuration file
1. edit .cquery file
2. edit .rmap file
2. build env preparation
1. install buckminster
2. import target definition
3. execution
build
after all the steps success, i will then integrate them into hudson.
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When the director is running it is p2 doing all the work.
Likewise when buckminster is requesting resolution from a p2 repository.
There are tracing and debugging information available for the various
layers - p2, and then ECF (for ever lower level communication feedback).
I also wish I could define the logic that prints a meaningful error
message when an unexpected NPE occurs  If you have concrete
suggestions, I suggest you open enhancement requests against the
relevant component.
- henrik
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yeah, i read the script, and guess it delegates the installation instruction to p2 director.
so it's problem with P2, right? i will raise an enhancement requests to p2 later.
Thanks
BTW, what if the build server can't access public network, how to make the build process?
i mean since we need to import target definition before build, that target definition sample from ralf:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<?pde version="3.5"?>
<target name="Eclipse RCP">
<locations>
<location includeAllPlatforms="true" includeMode="slicer" type="InstallableUnit">
<unit id="org.eclipse.rcp.sdk.id" version="3.5.1.M20090917-0800"/>
<unit id="org.eclipse.equinox.executable.feature.group" version="3.3.200.R35x_v20090724-7M-FneFF9aMTyz0pw04ONXn"/>
<repository location="http://download.eclipse.org/releases/galileo"/>
</location>
</locations>
</target>
which means it will access from public network.
so the build will be suck if it is not allowed to access the public network, only can access the intranet...
Any suggestion?
Thanks henrik
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