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Created attachment 279908 [details] screenshot For a certain test I need a launch configuration without the default project classpath and instead launches a .jar file in a project output directory "bin/". Don't ask why it's there. I add this jar as external jar to the launch config, however, Eclipse is being too smart and automatically converts the external jar to a project-relative path. As the result, I get the following error dialog when trying to launch: The archive: /testexternal/bin/aaa.jar which is referenced by the classpath, does not exist. Look, if I wanted a relative path, I would do that myself. What problem does Eclipse try to solve by this conversion? In my opinion this feature should be removed.
I assume the "external" path you enter matches exactly a path inside your project? Please try with 4.13. What happens if you manually change the config on disk, will it be automatically updated?
(In reply to Andrey Loskutov from comment #1) > I assume the "external" path you enter matches exactly a path inside your > project? > > Please try with 4.13. What happens if you manually change the config on > disk, will it be automatically updated? I see no difference between 4.13 and 4.11. If I manually change the entry it stays external until I try to edit it again in Eclipse.
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