[p2-dev] Cannot install features into a runtime workbench

[Andrew Eisenberg <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am working on a patch for
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=332158.  I am trying to
reproduce the problem in a runtime workspace.  (This is the problem
where trying to install into a Shared Install fails, but the error
message is confusing).

For this, in my launch configuration, I have checked "Support software
installation in the launched application".  Also, in the plug-ins tab,
I have selected all features.

Then, when I launch the runtime workbench and go to About Eclipse ->
Installation Details -> Installed software, the page is blank.  This
seems to be causing feature-based installs to fail since the runtime
workbench does not think there are any features installed.  Hence, I
cannot reproduce this bug in a runtime workbench.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

thanks,
Andrew