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I have an RCP application that was developed some time ago. It has had only minor changes for some time, primarily the Eclipse version changing. It runs OK in the Workbench but currently does not deploy. Validate plug-ins in the run configuration is successful. Not deploying is an ongoing problem with each Eclipse version, and I can usually fix the problem by adding dependencies that Eclipse shows as unused, see #310861 This is a new problem, and I have no idea how to fix it. Deploy fails. This is a stopper for me. These are the Details for the Problem Occurred dialog that results from Eclipse Product Export Wizard: C:\eclipseWorkspaces\RCP\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.pde.core\temp\org.eclipse.pde.container.feature\package.org.eclipse.pde.container.feature.win32.win32.x86_64.xml:90: The following error occurred while executing this line: C:\eclipseWorkspaces\RCP\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.pde.core\temp\org.eclipse.pde.container.feature\package.org.eclipse.pde.container.feature.win32.win32.x86_64.xml:698: The following error occurred while executing this line: C:\Users\evans\.p2\pool\plugins\org.eclipse.pde.build_3.10.200.v20181008-0641\scripts\genericTargets.xml:240: A problem occured while invoking the director. The following error occurred while executing this line: C:\eclipseWorkspaces\RCP\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.pde.core\temp\org.eclipse.pde.container.feature\package.org.eclipse.pde.container.feature.win32.win32.x86_64.xml:698: The following error occurred while executing this line: C:\Users\evans\.p2\pool\plugins\org.eclipse.pde.build_3.10.200.v20181008-0641\scripts\genericTargets.xml:240: A problem occured while invoking the director.
Are there news on this? I have the same problem C:\Users\user\eclipse-workspace\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.pde.core\temp\org.eclipse.pde.container.feature\package.org.eclipse.pde.container.feature.win32.win32.x86_64.xml:89: The following error occurred while executing this line: C:\Users\user\eclipse-workspace\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.pde.core\temp\org.eclipse.pde.container.feature\package.org.eclipse.pde.container.feature.win32.win32.x86_64.xml:142: The following error occurred while executing this line: C:\Users\user\.p2\pool\plugins\org.eclipse.pde.build_3.10.300.v20190305-0856\scripts\genericTargets.xml:240: A problem occurred while invoking the director. The following error occurred while executing this line: C:\Users\user\eclipse-workspace\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.pde.core\temp\org.eclipse.pde.container.feature\package.org.eclipse.pde.container.feature.win32.win32.x86_64.xml:142: The following error occurred while executing this line: C:\Users\user\.p2\pool\plugins\org.eclipse.pde.build_3.10.300.v20190305-0856\scripts\genericTargets.xml:240: A problem occured while invoking the director.
new bug opened 546019
Can you try https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=546019#c7
I got it working back at the time of the incident. The solution involved getting rid of all Eclipse help use and implementing my own web page as well as other trial and error. This is an ongoing problem that happens with each Eclipse update. You get something that works just fine in Eclipse but which will not deploy. In order to deploy you need dependencies that that are not added by "add required dependencies" and that are marked as not needed when added manually. This is in addition to the errors like this that just say the deploy failed, but with little information and no way to fix. And with no help for the support incidences. It is a nightmare. I have moved all but two of my RCP programs to other platforms or abandoned them. These would be a significant effort to convert to a different UI and I don't have the time.
It happened again. Again I have no clue how to fix it. See Bug #567394 for updated information for Eclipse 2020-09.
I've read from the mentioned bugs that this is related to Java 11. IMHO, it's not. I stumbled with this bug on Eclipse 2020-09 and Java 11. Then I moved the product (RAP, not RPC) to Eclipse 2020-06 and Java 8 and the problem still persists whereas the rest of the RCP examples work fine (they can be exported with a p2 self-hosted repository). So, the problem can be reproduced regardless of the Eclipse and JVM versions and it is dependent on the product configuration.
No, I also do not think it is owing to Java 11. The issue reported here was not even using Java 11. And in both this case and the newer one, which IS using Java 11, the product runs fine in the workbench. It's hard to see how it could be a problem with Java 11, itself. That it works in the Workbench should indicate it is probably not a problem with the project configuration either. It is almost surely a problem with the deployment logic. It could easily be that logic is not working correctly with Java 11. (There would have to be the caveat "in some cases" because I have another RCP project that has been converted to Java 11 and which does deploy properly.) In the best of all possible worlds, a project that runs in the workbench should deploy and run. If there is an issue, it should be reported during deployment. In the best of all possible worlds someone with expertise in the deployment logic would look at these continuing issues.
I have the same problem. What I can add is that it duplicates on Win10 and OSX. These export problems have been dogging me for several years and I have yet to find a solution. It is very disappointing to put effort into something that works on workbench and is very difficult to deploy.
FWIW. I can get a build that runs if I don export a P2 repository. Which gets me by for now.
FWIW. I can get a build that runs if I don't export a P2 repository. Which gets me by for now.
I have feature based plugin project that deployed without issue for both OS X and Windows Java 1.8. Development environment Eclipse 4.4.2, OS X 10.15.7. When this product was installed on Big Sur problems where presented. I rebased the product to Java 11 development platform Eclipse 2021-03 (4.19.0) in hopes of address the issues. The only change required was the inclusion of JAXB as a fragment. The product launches without issue from the feature.product. I am receiving the following error when attempting an Export/Build using the following parameters: Allow for binary cycles in target platform Generate p2 repository Export for Multi-platform (OS X, Windows) ERROR: /workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.pde.core/temp/org.eclipse.pde.container.feature/package.org.eclipse.pde.container.feature.macosx.cocoa.x86_64.xml:90: The following error occurred while executing this line: /workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.pde.core/temp/org.eclipse.pde.container.feature/package.org.eclipse.pde.container.feature.macosx.cocoa.x86_64.xml:1859: The following error occurred while executing this line: /rcp-2021-03/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.pde.build_3.10.1000.v20210130-0813/scripts/genericTargets.xml:240: A problem occured while invoking the director. I am dead in the water on this, the ant script gives limited information. If the parameter Generate p2 repository is removed other build problems present themselves. I will create a separate bug report on those issues. Be well
Additional the .metadata .log reports !ENTRY org.eclipse.ant.core 4 1 2021-06-03 13:00:08.878 !MESSAGE /workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.pde.core/temp/org.eclipse.pde.container.feature/package.org.eclipse.pde.container.feature.macosx.cocoa.x86_64.xml:90: The following error occurred while executing this line: /workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.pde.core/temp/org.eclipse.pde.container.feature/package.org.eclipse.pde.container.feature.macosx.cocoa.x86_64.xml:978: The following error occurred while executing this line: /rcp-2021-03/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.pde.build_3.10.1000.v20210130-0813/scripts/genericTargets.xml:240: A problem occured while invoking the director. !STACK 0 /workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.pde.core/temp/org.eclipse.pde.container.feature/package.org.eclipse.pde.container.feature.macosx.cocoa.x86_64.xml:90: The following error occurred while executing this line: /workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.pde.core/temp/org.eclipse.pde.container.feature/package.org.eclipse.pde.container.feature.macosx.cocoa.x86_64.xml:978: The following error occurred while executing this line: /rcp-2021-03/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.pde.build_3.10.1000.v20210130-0813/scripts/genericTargets.xml:240: A problem occured while invoking the director. at org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.addLocationToBuildException(ProjectHelper.java:582) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Ant.execute(Ant.java:440) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.CallTarget.execute(CallTarget.java:106) at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:292) at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor834.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566) at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:99) at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:350) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:449) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:470) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1401) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1374) at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExecutor.java:41) at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.EclipseDefaultExecutor.executeTargets(EclipseDefaultExecutor.java:34) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1264) at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.InternalAntRunner.run(InternalAntRunner.java:712) at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.InternalAntRunner.run(InternalAntRunner.java:532) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566) at org.eclipse.ant.core.AntRunner.run(AntRunner.java:374) at org.eclipse.pde.internal.core.exports.FeatureExportOperation.runScript(FeatureExportOperation.java:472) at org.eclipse.pde.internal.core.exports.FeatureExportOperation.doExport(FeatureExportOperation.java:336) at org.eclipse.pde.internal.core.exports.ProductExportOperation.run(ProductExportOperation.java:134) at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:63) Caused by: /workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.pde.core/temp/org.eclipse.pde.container.feature/package.org.eclipse.pde.container.feature.macosx.cocoa.x86_64.xml:978: The following error occurred while executing this line: /rcp-2021-03/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.pde.build_3.10.1000.v20210130-0813/scripts/genericTargets.xml:240: A problem occured while invoking the director. at org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.addLocationToBuildException(ProjectHelper.java:582) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Ant.execute(Ant.java:440) at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:292) at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor834.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566) at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:99) at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:350) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:449) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:470) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1401) at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.SingleCheckExecutor.executeTargets(SingleCheckExecutor.java:36) at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.EclipseSingleCheckExecutor.executeTargets(EclipseSingleCheckExecutor.java:32) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1264) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Ant.execute(Ant.java:437) ... 25 more Caused by: /rcp-2021-03/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.pde.build_3.10.1000.v20210130-0813/scripts/genericTargets.xml:240: A problem occured while invoking the director. at org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director.app.ant.DirectorTask.execute(DirectorTask.java:97) at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:292) at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor834.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566) at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:99) at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:350) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:449) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:470) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1401) at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.SingleCheckExecutor.executeTargets(SingleCheckExecutor.java:36) at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.EclipseSingleCheckExecutor.executeTargets(EclipseSingleCheckExecutor.java:32) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1264) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Ant.execute(Ant.java:437) ... 38 more
(In reply to Jonathan Masters from comment #10) > FWIW. I can get a build that runs if I don't export a P2 repository. Which > gets me by for now. How does your build run without a p2 directory?
How to reproduce: * Install the 2021-06 PDE/RCP Eclipse IDE (in my case on Windows 10 selecting JRE16). Then: * New Plugin Project ** enter name, next ** "Create Rich Client Application": Yes, next ** Choose "Eclipse RCP Application", next ** Check "Create sample content". finish * Run the product as Eclipse Application (starts fine) * Now select the product definition file and use the Export wizard to export ** Provide a target directory name, otherwise click through the defaults of the wizard --> 'Export Product' has encountered a problem: A problem occured while invoking the director. I got the same results with a previous Eclipse release (I deleted that one but think it was the last from 2020)
I have the same issue
RCP deployment in 2020-03 and 2021-09 is definitely not working, even with an RCP created using those instances. This is a blocker, not a trivial problem.
But isn't PDE Build no longer supported? I thought that Tycho/Maven was the way to go now for RCP builds.
(In reply to Phil Beauvoir from comment #17) > But isn't PDE Build no longer supported? I thought that Tycho/Maven was the > way to go now for RCP builds. Even if this is true, there is no clear officially documented way to migrate from Eclipse 3.x PDE build to Tycho/Maven. I have spent hours trying and have gotten maybe 70% of the way there, but not all the way. Cobbling together bits and pieces from various wikis and tutorials. If the .product "Export" is no longer supported, then the user experience should be updated to reflect as much. Further, migration to Tycho should be built in.
Created attachment 287885 [details] Sample maven build of an RCP project
I have removed com.corgroup.maven.test-repository/target from the upload for brevity. Otherwise the I was able to use the 6 plugins to create a sample RCP product. Hope it helps
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