RE: [p2-dev] p2 installer tool - unexpected IUs uninstallation

["Stoilov, Dimo" <dimo.stoilov@xxxxxxx>]

The director application is a good idea but the problem is one cannot do headless update with it (unless customizing the profile change request), like mentioned here: http://dev.eclipse.org/newslists/news.eclipse.technology.equinox/msg04742.html.  

 

We are checking for eclipse provisioning tool, that would be used also by the end user, thus we don't mind having a UI. We are looking for something like the P2 UI (help->"check for updates"/"install new software").  Is there a standalone version of it? Can it provision another profile except itself (our product doesn't contain the P2 bundles and is provisioned externally)?

 

Thanks,

Dimo

 

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From: p2-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:p2-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pascal Rapicault
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 5:51 PM
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Subject: Re: [p2-dev] p2 installer tool - unexpected IUs uninstallation

This is because this examplary installer is meant to only install one product.
If you don't need a UI, then you can use the director application:
http://help.eclipse.org/galileo/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/guide/p2_director.html

PaScaL

"Stoilov, Dimo" ---10/28/2009 09:18:39 AM---Hello,

From:	"Stoilov, Dimo" <dimo.stoilov@xxxxxxx>
To:	P2 developer discussions <p2-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	10/28/2009 09:18 AM
Subject:	[p2-dev] p2 installer tool - unexpected IUs uninstallation

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Hello,

We encountered the following issue with the equinox p2 installer tool 
(http://download.eclipse.org/equinox/drops/R-3.5.1-200909170800/download.php?dropFile=equinox.p2.installer-3.5.1-win32.win32.x86.zip). Having a repositories Repo1 and Repo2 that have no common IUs:
1) Create an installation by running the installer pointing to 
Repo1
2) then switch to Repo2 hoping to add more 
stuff. However after running the installer we found out the existing stuff (from 
Repo1) got uninstalled. 

Is this the expected behavior? May be there would be more useful and 
more intuitive to just add the new stuff to the already existing IUs instead of 
uninstalling the existing stuff. In the same way like the P2 UI in 
help->"check for updates"/"install new software"

Looking at the generated 
ProfileChangeRequest (in the code) - all the existing IUs are set for removal, 
and the new ones set for addition.

Greetings,
Dimo
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