Bug 513751 - No diagnosis of bad eclipse.ini lines
Summary: No diagnosis of bad eclipse.ini lines
Status: REOPENED
Alias: None
Product: Equinox
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Launcher (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 normal (vote)
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Reported: 2017-03-16 07:58 EDT by Ed Willink CLA
Modified: 2022-08-17 14:32 EDT (History)
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Description Ed Willink CLA 2017-03-16 07:58:54 EDT 
While trying to use Java 9 I cut and paste a -vm into eclipse.ini with the result that -vm and location were all on one line.

The Java 9 -vm line was therefore completely ignored, and a Java 8 was found from elsewhere. The Eclipse configuration shows that two "-vm"'s were in use.

Very confusing for eclipse.ini novices.
Comment 1 Dani Megert CLA 2017-03-16 08:49:45 EDT 
http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.common.git/plain/bundles/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/runtime-options.html specifies:

"every parameter must be specified on a new line in the file"

So, we could report cases where there's a space after the option.
Comment 2 Thomas Watson CLA 2018-05-07 11:48:56 EDT 
(In reply to Dani Megert from comment #1)
> http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.common.git/plain/bundles/
> org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/runtime-options.html specifies:
> 
> "every parameter must be specified on a new line in the file"
> 
> So, we could report cases where there's a space after the option.

Sure, but we are now at M7.  I'll move to 4.9 unless you think this is important to get into Photon.
Comment 3 Dani Megert CLA 2018-05-07 11:55:38 EDT 
(In reply to Thomas Watson from comment #2)
> (In reply to Dani Megert from comment #1)
> > http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.common.git/plain/bundles/
> > org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/runtime-options.html specifies:
> > 
> > "every parameter must be specified on a new line in the file"
> > 
> > So, we could report cases where there's a space after the option.
> 
> Sure, but we are now at M7.  I'll move to 4.9 unless you think this is
> important to get into Photon.

Fine with me.
Comment 4 Thomas Watson CLA 2018-09-04 10:59:26 EDT 
Didn't make 4.9. Removing milestone, please assign a new one as appropriate.
Comment 5 Eclipse Genie CLA 2020-08-25 13:52:55 EDT 
This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet. As such, we're closing this bug.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it and reopen this bug. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.

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Comment 6 Ed Willink CLA 2020-08-26 12:19:37 EDT 
Comment #4 shows bug still active.
Comment 7 Eclipse Genie CLA 2022-08-17 12:54:31 EDT 
This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet. As such, we're closing this bug.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it and reopen this bug. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.

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Comment 8 Ed Willink CLA 2022-08-17 14:32:59 EDT 
Comment #4 shows bug still active.