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Created attachment 286763 [details] Picture of error window. When I try to run a plugin I've been developing for many years in 2021-06 as an Eclipse application, I get the error window: Missing System Property Unable to relaunch the workbench because the eclipse.vm property has not been set. Unlike #214553, I am able to switch workspaces without problem. Important background: I started 2021-06 from the command line by running the "eclipse" executable directly. Here's what About Eclipse > Installation details says: (and it includes eclipse.vm) *** Date: Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 12:32:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time *** Platform Details: *** System properties: applicationXMI=org.eclipse.ui.workbench/LegacyIDE.e4xmi ds.delayed.keepInstances=true ds.delayed.keepInstances.default=true eclipse.application=org.eclipse.ui.ide.workbench eclipse.buildId=4.20.0.I20210611-1600 eclipse.commands=-os macosx -ws cocoa -arch x86_64 -showsplash /Users/boyland/.p2/pool/plugins/org.eclipse.epp.package.common_4.20.0.20210612-1200/splash.bmp -launcher /Users/boyland/Eclipse/committers-2021-06/Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS/eclipse -name Eclipse --launcher.library /Users/boyland/Eclipse/committers-2021-06/Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS//../../../../../.p2/pool/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.cocoa.macosx.x86_64_1.2.200.v20210527-0259/eclipse_11408.so -startup /Users/boyland/Eclipse/committers-2021-06/Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS//../Eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.6.200.v20210416-2027.jar --launcher.appendVmargs -product org.eclipse.epp.package.committers.product -install /Users/boyland/Eclipse/committers-2021-06/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/../MacOS -configuration ../Eclipse/configuration -data file:/Users/boyland/Documents/Eclipse/workspace-2021/ -launcher /Users/boyland/Eclipse/committers-2021-06/Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS/eclipse -product org.eclipse.epp.package.committers.product -install /Users/boyland/Eclipse/committers-2021-06/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/../MacOS -configuration ../Eclipse/configuration -keyring /Users/boyland/.eclipse_keyring -vm /Users/boyland/.p2/pool/plugins/org.eclipse.justj.openjdk.hotspot.jre.full.macosx.x86_64_16.0.1.v20210528-1205/jre/lib/libjli.dylib eclipse.home.location=file:/Users/boyland/Eclipse/committers-2021-06/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/ eclipse.launcher=/Users/boyland/Eclipse/committers-2021-06/Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS/eclipse eclipse.launcher.name=Eclipse eclipse.p2.data.area=file:/Users/boyland/.p2/ eclipse.p2.max.threads=10 eclipse.p2.profile=_Users_boyland_Eclipse_committers-2021-06_Eclipse.app_Contents_Eclipse eclipse.product=org.eclipse.epp.package.committers.product eclipse.startTime=1625933094230 eclipse.stateSaveDelayInterval=30000 eclipse.vm=/Users/boyland/.p2/pool/plugins/org.eclipse.justj.openjdk.hotspot.jre.full.macosx.x86_64_16.0.1.v20210528-1205/jre/lib/libjli.dylib eclipse.vmargs=-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=11 -Dosgi.instance.area.default=@user.home/eclipse-workspace -Dsun.java.command=Eclipse -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+UseStringDeduplication --add-modules=ALL-SYSTEM -XstartOnFirstThread -Dorg.eclipse.swt.internal.carbon.smallFonts -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=11 -Dosgi.dataAreaRequiresExplicitInit=true -Dorg.eclipse.swt.graphics.Resource.reportNonDisposed=true -Xms256m -Xmx2048m --add-modules=ALL-SYSTEM -Xdock:icon=../Resources/Eclipse.icns -XstartOnFirstThread -Dorg.eclipse.swt.internal.carbon.smallFonts -Declipse.p2.max.threads=10 -Doomph.update.url=http://download.eclipse.org/oomph/updates/milestone/latest -Doomph.redirection.index.redirection=index:/->http://git.eclipse.org/c/oomph/org.eclipse.oomph.git/plain/setups/ --illegal-access=permit -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=11 -Dosgi.instance.area.default=@user.home/eclipse-workspace -Dsun.java.command=Eclipse -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+UseStringDeduplication --add-modules=ALL-SYSTEM -XstartOnFirstThread -Dorg.eclipse.swt.internal.carbon.smallFonts -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=11 -Dosgi.dataAreaRequiresExplicitInit=true -Dorg.eclipse.swt.graphics.Resource.reportNonDisposed=true -Xms256m -Xmx2048m --add-modules=ALL-SYSTEM -Xdock:icon=../Resources/Eclipse.icns -XstartOnFirstThread -Dorg.eclipse.swt.internal.carbon.smallFonts -Declipse.p2.max.threads=10 -Doomph.update.url=http://download.eclipse.org/oomph/updates/milestone/latest -Doomph.redirection.index.redirection=index:/->http://git.eclipse.org/c/oomph/org.eclipse.oomph.git/plain/setups/ --illegal-access=permit -Djava.class.path=/Users/boyland/Eclipse/committers-2021-06/Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS//../Eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.6.200.v20210416-2027.jar equinox.init.uuid=true file.encoding=UTF-8 file.separator=/ ftp.nonProxyHosts=local|*.local|169.254/16|*.169.254/16 gosh.args=--nointeractive java.class.path=/Users/boyland/Eclipse/committers-2021-06/Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS//../Eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.6.200.v20210416-2027.jar java.class.version=60.0 java.home=/Users/boyland/.p2/pool/plugins/org.eclipse.justj.openjdk.hotspot.jre.full.macosx.x86_64_16.0.1.v20210528-1205/jre java.io.tmpdir=/var/folders/q2/dhhrtb4d3x598v6t0ljx7n0w0000gq/T/ java.library.path=/Users/boyland/Library/Java/Extensions:/Library/Java/Extensions:/Network/Library/Java/Extensions:/System/Library/Java/Extensions:/usr/lib/java:. java.runtime.name=OpenJDK Runtime Environment java.runtime.version=16.0.1+9-24 java.specification.name=Java Platform API Specification java.specification.vendor=Oracle Corporation java.specification.version=16 java.vendor=Oracle Corporation java.vendor.url=https://java.oracle.com/ java.vendor.url.bug=https://bugreport.java.com/bugreport/ java.version=16.0.1 java.version.date=2021-04-20 java.vm.compressedOopsMode=32-bit java.vm.info=mixed mode java.vm.name=OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM java.vm.specification.name=Java Virtual Machine Specification java.vm.specification.vendor=Oracle Corporation java.vm.specification.version=16 java.vm.vendor=Oracle Corporation java.vm.version=16.0.1+9-24 jdk.debug=release line.separator= oomph.redirection.index.redirection=index:/->http://git.eclipse.org/c/oomph/org.eclipse.oomph.git/plain/setups/ oomph.update.url=http://download.eclipse.org/oomph/updates/milestone/latest org.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons.logging.impl.NoOpLog org.eclipse.debug.ui.breakpoints.toggleFactoriesUsed=true org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.splash.location=/Users/boyland/.p2/pool/plugins/org.eclipse.epp.package.common_4.20.0.20210612-1200/splash.bmp org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator.configUrl=file:org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator/bundles.info org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Resource.reportNonDisposed=true org.eclipse.swt.internal.carbon.smallFonts= org.eclipse.swt.internal.deviceZoom=200 org.eclipse.update.resolution_url= org.osgi.framework.executionenvironment=OSGi/Minimum-1.0, OSGi/Minimum-1.1, OSGi/Minimum-1.2, JavaSE/compact1-1.8, JavaSE/compact2-1.8, JavaSE/compact3-1.8, JRE-1.1, J2SE-1.2, J2SE-1.3, J2SE-1.4, J2SE-1.5, JavaSE-1.6, JavaSE-1.7, JavaSE-1.8, JavaSE-9, JavaSE-10, JavaSE-11, JavaSE-12, JavaSE-13, JavaSE-14, JavaSE-15, JavaSE-16 org.osgi.framework.language=en org.osgi.framework.os.name=MacOSX org.osgi.framework.os.version=10.15.7 org.osgi.framework.processor=x86-64 org.osgi.framework.storage=/Users/boyland/Eclipse/committers-2021-06/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/configuration org.osgi.framework.system.capabilities=osgi.ee; osgi.ee="OSGi/Minimum"; version:List<Version>="1.0, 1.1, 1.2", osgi.ee; osgi.ee="JRE"; version:List<Version>="1.0, 1.1", osgi.ee; osgi.ee="JavaSE"; version:List<Version>="1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 12.0, 13.0, 14.0, 15.0, 16.0",osgi.ee; osgi.ee="JavaSE/compact1"; version:List<Version>="1.8, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 12.0, 13.0, 14.0, 15.0, 16.0",osgi.ee; osgi.ee="JavaSE/compact2"; version:List<Version>="1.8, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 12.0, 13.0, 14.0, 15.0, 16.0",osgi.ee; osgi.ee="JavaSE/compact3"; version:List<Version>="1.8, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 12.0, 13.0, 14.0, 15.0, 16.0" org.osgi.framework.system.packages=com.sun.jarsigner, com.sun.java.accessibility.util, com.sun.jdi, com.sun.jdi.connect, com.sun.jdi.connect.spi, com.sun.jdi.event, com.sun.jdi.request, com.sun.management, com.sun.net.httpserver, com.sun.net.httpserver.spi, com.sun.nio.file, com.sun.nio.sctp, com.sun.security.auth, com.sun.security.auth.callback, com.sun.security.auth.login, com.sun.security.auth.module, com.sun.security.jgss, com.sun.source.doctree, com.sun.source.tree, com.sun.source.util, com.sun.tools.attach, com.sun.tools.attach.spi, com.sun.tools.javac, com.sun.tools.jconsole, java.applet, java.awt, java.awt.color, java.awt.datatransfer, java.awt.desktop, java.awt.dnd, java.awt.event, java.awt.font, java.awt.geom, java.awt.im, java.awt.im.spi, java.awt.image, java.awt.image.renderable, java.awt.print, java.beans, java.beans.beancontext, java.io, java.lang, java.lang.annotation, java.lang.constant, java.lang.instrument, java.lang.invoke, java.lang.management, java.lang.module, java.lang.ref, java.lang.reflect, java.lang.runtime, java.math, java.net, java.net.http, java.net.spi, java.nio, java.nio.channels, java.nio.channels.spi, java.nio.charset, java.nio.charset.spi, java.nio.file, java.nio.file.attribute, java.nio.file.spi, java.rmi, java.rmi.activation, java.rmi.dgc, java.rmi.registry, java.rmi.server, java.security, java.security.cert, java.security.interfaces, java.security.spec, java.sql, java.text, java.text.spi, java.time, java.time.chrono, java.time.format, java.time.temporal, java.time.zone, java.util, java.util.concurrent, java.util.concurrent.atomic, java.util.concurrent.locks, java.util.function, java.util.jar, java.util.logging, java.util.prefs, java.util.regex, java.util.spi, java.util.stream, java.util.zip, javax.accessibility, javax.annotation.processing, javax.crypto, javax.crypto.interfaces, javax.crypto.spec, javax.imageio, javax.imageio.event, javax.imageio.metadata, javax.imageio.plugins.bmp, javax.imageio.plugins.jpeg, javax.imageio.plugins.tiff, javax.imageio.spi, javax.imageio.stream, javax.lang.model, javax.lang.model.element, javax.lang.model.type, javax.lang.model.util, javax.management, javax.management.loading, javax.management.modelmbean, javax.management.monitor, javax.management.openmbean, javax.management.relation, javax.management.remote, javax.management.remote.rmi, javax.management.timer, javax.naming, javax.naming.directory, javax.naming.event, javax.naming.ldap, javax.naming.ldap.spi, javax.naming.spi, javax.net, javax.net.ssl, javax.print, javax.print.attribute, javax.print.attribute.standard, javax.print.event, javax.rmi.ssl, javax.script, javax.security.auth, javax.security.auth.callback, javax.security.auth.kerberos, javax.security.auth.login, javax.security.auth.spi, javax.security.auth.x500, javax.security.cert, javax.security.sasl, javax.smartcardio, javax.sound.midi, javax.sound.midi.spi, javax.sound.sampled, javax.sound.sampled.spi, javax.sql, javax.sql.rowset, javax.sql.rowset.serial, javax.sql.rowset.spi, javax.swing, javax.swing.border, javax.swing.colorchooser, javax.swing.event, javax.swing.filechooser, javax.swing.plaf, javax.swing.plaf.basic, javax.swing.plaf.metal, javax.swing.plaf.multi, javax.swing.plaf.nimbus, javax.swing.plaf.synth, javax.swing.table, javax.swing.text, javax.swing.text.html, javax.swing.text.html.parser, javax.swing.text.rtf, javax.swing.tree, javax.swing.undo, javax.tools, javax.transaction.xa, javax.xml, javax.xml.catalog, javax.xml.crypto, javax.xml.crypto.dom, javax.xml.crypto.dsig, javax.xml.crypto.dsig.dom, javax.xml.crypto.dsig.keyinfo, javax.xml.crypto.dsig.spec, javax.xml.datatype, javax.xml.namespace, javax.xml.parsers, javax.xml.stream, javax.xml.stream.events, javax.xml.stream.util, javax.xml.transform, javax.xml.transform.dom, javax.xml.transform.sax, javax.xml.transform.stax, javax.xml.transform.stream, javax.xml.validation, javax.xml.xpath, jdk.dynalink, jdk.dynalink.beans, jdk.dynalink.linker, jdk.dynalink.linker.support, jdk.dynalink.support, jdk.javadoc.doclet, jdk.jfr, jdk.jfr.consumer, jdk.jshell, jdk.jshell.execution, jdk.jshell.spi, jdk.jshell.tool, jdk.management.jfr, jdk.net, jdk.nio, jdk.nio.mapmode, jdk.security.jarsigner, jdk.swing.interop, netscape.javascript, org.ietf.jgss, org.w3c.dom, org.w3c.dom.bootstrap, org.w3c.dom.css, org.w3c.dom.events, org.w3c.dom.html, org.w3c.dom.ls, org.w3c.dom.ranges, org.w3c.dom.stylesheets, org.w3c.dom.traversal, org.w3c.dom.views, org.w3c.dom.xpath, org.xml.sax, org.xml.sax.ext, org.xml.sax.helpers, sun.misc, sun.reflect org.osgi.framework.uuid=1c2f9afc-6fc5-4452-81d5-8b1cc623a776 org.osgi.framework.vendor=Eclipse org.osgi.framework.version=1.10.0 org.osgi.supports.framework.extension=true org.osgi.supports.framework.fragment=true org.osgi.supports.framework.requirebundle=true os.arch=x86_64 os.name=Mac OS X os.version=10.15.7 osgi.arch=x86_64 osgi.bundles=reference:file:org.eclipse.osgi.compatibility.state_1.2.400.v20210401-1438.jar,reference:file:org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator_1.4.0.v20210315-2228.jar@1:start osgi.bundles.defaultStartLevel=4 osgi.compatibility.bootdelegation=true osgi.compatibility.bootdelegation.default=true osgi.configuration.area=file:/Users/boyland/Eclipse/committers-2021-06/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/configuration/ osgi.configuration.cascaded=false osgi.dataAreaRequiresExplicitInit=true osgi.framework=file:/Users/boyland/Eclipse/committers-2021-06/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/../MacOS/../../../../../.p2/pool/plugins/org.eclipse.osgi_3.16.300.v20210525-1715.jar osgi.framework.extensions=reference:file:org.eclipse.osgi.compatibility.state_1.2.400.v20210401-1438.jar osgi.framework.shape=jar osgi.framework.useSystemProperties=true osgi.frameworkClassPath=., file:/Users/boyland/Eclipse/committers-2021-06/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/../MacOS/../../../../../.p2/pool/plugins/org.eclipse.osgi.compatibility.state_1.2.400.v20210401-1438.jar osgi.install.area=file:/Users/boyland/Eclipse/committers-2021-06/Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS/ osgi.instance.area=file:/Users/boyland/Documents/Eclipse/workspace-2021/ osgi.instance.area.default=file:/Users/boyland/eclipse-workspace/ osgi.logfile=/Users/boyland/Documents/Eclipse/workspace-2021/.metadata/.log osgi.nl=en_US osgi.os=macosx osgi.requiredJavaVersion=11 osgi.splashLocation=/Users/boyland/.p2/pool/plugins/org.eclipse.epp.package.common_4.20.0.20210612-1200/splash.bmp osgi.splashPath=file:/Users/boyland/.p2/pool/plugins/org.eclipse.platform_4.20.0.v20210611-1600 osgi.syspath=/Users/boyland/Eclipse/committers-2021-06/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/../MacOS/../../../../../.p2/pool/plugins osgi.tracefile=/Users/boyland/Documents/Eclipse/workspace-2021/.metadata/trace.log osgi.ws=cocoa path.separator=: socksNonProxyHosts=local|*.local|169.254/16|*.169.254/16 sun.arch.data.model=64 sun.boot.library.path=/Users/boyland/.p2/pool/plugins/org.eclipse.justj.openjdk.hotspot.jre.full.macosx.x86_64_16.0.1.v20210528-1205/jre/lib sun.cpu.endian=little sun.io.unicode.encoding=UnicodeBig sun.java.command=Eclipse sun.jnu.encoding=UTF-8 sun.management.compiler=HotSpot 64-Bit Tiered Compilers user.country=US user.dir=/Users/boyland/Eclipse/committers-2021-06/Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS user.home=/Users/boyland user.language=en user.name=boyland user.timezone=America/New_York [rest omitted -- environment has some confidential information]
Update 1: The problem also happens when running the executable from the finder. Update 2: I have found a workaround. In the run configuration under Arguments, I can add -vm /Users/boyland/.p2/pool/plugins/org.eclipse.justj.openjdk.hotspot.jre.full.macosx.x86_64_16.0.1.v20210528-1205/jre/lib/libjli.dylib and then it launches fine. I didn't see a variable to use this: ${eclipse.vm} didn't work. I'd suggest adding a variable for the VM to make this sort of workaround easier.
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. If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. 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. -- The automated Eclipse Genie.
