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RE: [platform-update-dev] Links file change proposal

Yep, that's what I was looking at.  I've apparently managed
to confuse myself somehow... I'll have to go back and take
a closer look to figure out what went wrong.

-Samrobb

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dejan Glozic [mailto:dejan@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 2:09 PM
> To: platform-update-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [platform-update-dev] Links file change proposal
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> Instructions on links are in Eclipse online documentation:
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> http://dev.eclipse.org:8080/help/content/help:/org.eclipse.pla
> tform.doc.isv/reference/misc/eclipse-install.html
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> Regards,
> 
> Dejan Glozic, Ph.D.
> Manager, Eclipse Platform Components
> D2/MY7/8200/MKM
> IBM Canada Ltd.
> Tel. 905 413-2745  T/L 969-2745
> Fax. 905 413-4854
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> You know, I was just looking at this last night... before I
> ask questions, though, a comment: this sounds like a very
> reasonable proposal.
> 
> OK, my questions.  I did my best to follow the instructions
> for creating link files by hand, and just could not get
> things working correctly.  I was under the impression that
> you should be able to do the following:
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> - Unpack a feature (a.b.c) into directory $FEATUREPATH/a.b.c
> - Create $FEATUREPATH/a.b.c/.eclipseextension as per
>   the documentation
> - Create $ECLIPSEINSTALL/links/a.b.c.link with a path
>   entry that points to $FEATUREPATH/a.b.c
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> When I did that, Eclipse didn't find the linked feature.
> Going to the update manager and linking from there seemed
> to work fine.
> 
> Are there more explicit instructions on how to set
> up links manually?
> 
> -Samrobb
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dejan Glozic [mailto:dejan@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 1:32 PM
> > To: platform-update-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [platform-update-dev] Links file change proposal
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> > Mailing list members,
> >
> > Please take a look at the following defect and add your 
> opinion if you
> > want. In particular, please let us know if you see a 
> problem with the
> > proposal related to your products and/or would like to see
> > this done in 2.1
> > release.
> >
> > http://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=35037
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Dejan Glozic, Ph.D.
> > Manager, Eclipse Platform Components
> > D2/MY7/8200/MKM
> > IBM Canada Ltd.
> > Tel. 905 413-2745  T/L 969-2745
> > Fax. 905 413-4854
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