[p2-dev] Re: p2.inf startLevel directive not working

["Andrew Eisenberg" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Apologies for resending this message, but I do hope to get a response
on this before it drops too far down the list.

If you think this is a bug, then I can raise it on bugzilla.

thanks,
--a

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Andrew Eisenberg <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have an update site to install a version of AJDT located at
> http://download.eclipse.org/tools/ajdt/34/dev/weaving
>
> This update site includes the bundle
> org.eclipse.equinox.weaving.aspectj.  This bundle has a p2.inf file
> with the following contents:
>
> instructions.configure = \
>        setStartLevel(startLevel:2); \
>        markStarted(started: true); \
>        setProgramProperty(propName:osgi.framework.extensions,
> propValue:org.eclipse.equinox.weaving.hook); \
>  setProgramProperty(propName:org.aspectj.weaver.showWeaveInfo,
> propValue:true); \
>  setProgramProperty(propName:org.aspectj.osgi.verbose, propValue:true); \
>  setProgramProperty(propName:aj.weaving.verbose, propValue:true);
> instructions.unconfigure = \
>        setProgramProperty(propName:osgi.framework.extensions, propValue:); \
>  setProgramProperty(propName:org.aspectj.weaver.showWeaveInfo, propValue:); \
>  setProgramProperty(propName:org.aspectj.osgi.verbose, propValue:); \
>  setProgramProperty(propName:aj.weaving.verbose, propValue:);
>
> I generate the p2 repository and put it on the download servers.
> Anyone can install AJDT from here.
>
> So far, so good.
>
> The problem comes after installing and trying to run eclipse again.
> Eclipse has an error on startup, which is logged in a log file that I
> am attaching.   Note that eclipse will not startup at all.  The splash
> page appears for half a second, then the error is thrown and the
> process exits.
>
> After fiddling around for a bit, I was able to get eclipse started
> with no errors. Here is what I had to do:
>
> 1. in configuration/config.ini, there was an entry
> reference\:file\:org.eclipse.equinox.weaving.hook_1.0.0.DEVELOPMENT.jar@4,
> in the osgi.bundles directive.  I had to remove that entry.
> (note that the config.ini correctly has all of the appropriate program
> properties set)
>
> 2. in the configuration/org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator/bindles.info
> file, I had to change one line from:
> org.eclipse.equinox.weaving.aspectj,1.0.0.DEVELOPMENT,file:plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.weaving.aspectj_1.0.0.DEVELOPMENT.jar,4,true
> to:
> org.eclipse.equinox.weaving.aspectj,1.0.0.DEVELOPMENT,file:plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.weaving.aspectj_1.0.0.DEVELOPMENT.jar,2,true
>
>
> So, that's my setup and how to get around the problem.  Here are my questions:
>
> 1. why is the weaving hook bundle fragment added to the config.ini file?
>
> 2. why is org.eclipse.equinox.weaving.aspectj not set to start level 1
> even when I explicitly set it in the p2.inf file for that bundle?
>
> I appreciate any help with this problem.
>
> thanks,
> --a
>