Description Daniel Hiller 2011-08-02 07:30:02 EDT

Build Identifier: 20110218-0911

Recently I switched to a ssd for operating system and applications. I have a directory containing all my libraries, the library directory. The library directory is symlinked from within my user directory to have it reside on another partition. For the library directory a classpath variable is configured in eclipse settings containing the original path (not the path to the partition, but via the user directory).

I set the source attachment for a library residing in the library directory, and it finds all sources.

Now when I leave the source file open, then change the workspace and re-change to the first workspace, it claims "Source not found" - "The source attachment does not contain the source for the file xyz" within the source window where it previously could find the attachment.

Note: I'm running OS X Lion, but on Snow Leopard the problem was the same.

I've included an example project using joda time 2.0 that will demonstrate the problem.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a directory "libraries" on a separate partition
2. Download joda-time, extract to directory "libraries"
3. Create a symbolic link from your user directory to the directory "libraries"
4. Create a new workspace
5. Configure a class path variable "DEV_LIB_HOME" that points to the "libraries" directory using the symbolic link (i.e. if the path to the directory "library" is /Volumes/hd2/library and the symlink to "libraries" is in /Users/username/Documents/libraries pointing to /Volumes/hd2/libraries, use "/Users/username/Documents/libraries" as classpath variable value)
6. extract the test project
7. re-configure the build path if necessary
8. open the one class and open the class DateTime via "Open declaration" (it should show the source code then)
9. Switch to another workspace (do not close the source file!)
10. Switch to the first workspace
11. You should see "Source not found" - "The source attachment does not contain the source for the file xyz"