Re: [equinox-dev] pack200 - are packed features supported?

[Andrew Niefer <aniefer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Janet,
From a brief look at the code, it appears
that  the old update (org.eclipse.update.core) only runs unpack on
plugin jars and not on feature jars.  It shouldn't even look for .pack.gz
files for the features, if you are failing does that mean your update site
only contains pack.gz files and not the normal jars?  (Generally,
it was suggested that both should be placed on the update site in case
of a failure with pack200).

I'm not sure for certain, but I expect
that p2 would support pack200 on all jars since everything is an IU and
they are just artifacts.

As an aside, note that the pack200 compression
works on .class files.  So, in general there is not much to be gained
by packing features.

-Andrew

Janet Dmitrovich <jdmitrov@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Question on pack200

I packed a feature jar and the associated plugins, and packaged them into
an update site.
Tried to install via update manager - the install failed. 

However if I use an unpacked feature jar, but include packed plugins in
the update site then the install is successful.
Is there something special about feature jars and pack200

thanks, Janet

Janet Dmitrovich
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