RE: [platform-update-dev] RE: [eclipse-mirrors] Errors when using thesta

[Kim Moir <Kim_Moir@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Miles 

I would suggest that you move this discussion
 to the eclipse.platform newsgroup.  This mailing list is supposed
to be limited to discussions of eclipse mirrors and update sites are off-topic
:-)

http://www.eclipse.org/newsgroups

That being said, here are some quick
responses to your questions.

1.   I would suggest that you create
an update site policy to override.  Here is doc that describes how
to implement an update policies.

http://help.eclipse.org/help32/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/tasks/tasks-37.htm

2. I don't know of an official definition
for an update site versus a discovery site.  Usually update sites
point to updates for existing installed  features, while discovery
sites point to an update site that allows you to install additional features
that weren't included on the original feature.

3.  This may be happening because
you added an update site manually, then installed a feature which included
the update site in the feature.xml. 

Kim

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Subject	RE: [platform-update-dev] RE: [eclipse-mirrors] Errors when using        thestandalone updaterto        mirror Callisto

Dear All,
 
With Kim's help I can now create
mirrors of external update sites using the standalone updater. This is
marvellous and I hope the script I contributed to automate this process
will save future generations much pain and trouble. I now have some additional
questions on this topic. I hope you can help. (If anyone knows a better
list to send them to please tell me and I will bother them instead.)
 
Thanks in advance,
 
Miles
 
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QU 1:
 
As you all know, the 3.2 install
comes with 2 update sites pre-installed: The Eclipse Project Updates &
Callisto Discovery Site. I want to configure these to point to my internal
mirrors. How can I do this? (Both the edit and remove buttons are disabled
in the Update Manager dialog).
 
(Why do I want to do this? Because
I want to make sure that users cannot update directly from the outside
world. I have created a master update policy by merging the site.xml files
created by the standalone updater BUT I believe that this will not prevent
the update manager bypassing my mirrors if the external site publishes
new updates that are not matched by my policy. Yes, I could add a wild
card catch all at the bottom of the policy but the simplest thing would
be to remove all references to the Callisto and Eclipse external sites.)
 
QU 2: 
 
Can anyone explain (or give
me a URL to the docs - I have searched in vain) the distinction between
an 'Update' and a 'Discovery' site? 
 
QU 3:
 
I created a mirror of the checkstyle
update site (http://eclipse-cs.sourceforge.net/update)
and added it to the update manager's list. I then used this to install
the checkstyle feature. When the IDE restarted I noticed a second update
site had been added for checkstyle (I have seen this before with some of
the Callisto features). What is going on here, and what (if anything) I
can do to prevent it happening?

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Subject: [platform-update-dev] RE: [eclipse-mirrors] Errors when using
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Hi Kim,
 
Thank you for your reply. It
seems to work fine now, although I have yet to begin testing the mirrored
sites. 
 
I have created an ant script
to automate the steps you mention (see attached). I would attach this to
the wiki faq but do not have login permissions.
 
FYI my problems were mostly
due to a buggy proxy server. I switched proxies and the strange errors
went away.
 
Best regards,
 
Miles

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Subject: Re: [eclipse-mirrors] Errors when using the standalone updaterto
mirror Callisto


Hi Miles 

If you are interested in maintaining a local mirror, I suggest submitting
a request to become a mirror to the webmaster. 

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/mir_request.php 

This page is geared more toward public mirrors but there are certainly
private  mirrors. Rsync is much simpler approach, you just add a cronjob
and updates automatically appear :-) 

That being said, here is how I was able to mirror Caliisto using the update
manager.  Please use Eclipse 3.2, not 3.1 because there are are a
number of important update bugs that have fixed since 3.1

Create a blank directory for your update site, for example
mkdir /home/kmoir/site 

>From your eclipse3.2 directory 
/home/kmoir/jdk1.4.2_03/jre/bin/java -cp startup.jar org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main
-application org.eclipse.update.core.standaloneUpdate -command mirror -from
http://download.eclipse.org/callisto/releases  -to /home/kmoir/site
-ignoreMissingPlugins true

The mirroring command won't copy the packed jars.  So, after the update
site is ready,  you will have to recreate the packed jars using the
following command ensuring you use a 1.5 vm 
/home/kmoir/jdk1.5.0_06/jre/bin/java -jar startup.jar -application org.eclipse.update.core.siteOptimizer
-jarProcessor -outputDir /home/kmoir/site -processAll -pack /home/kmoir/site

Then generate the digest

/home/kmoir/IBMJava2-142/jre/bin/java -jar /home/kmoir/eclipse3.2rc6/eclipse/startup.jar -application org.eclipse.update.core.siteOptimizer -digestBuilder -digestOutputDir=/home/kmoir/site -siteXML=/home/kmoir/site/site.xml

Ensure that your site.xml specifies that it uses pack200 and the specifies the location of the digest...for instance
<site pack200="true" digestURL="http://localmirror/updatesite/">

These steps are summarized here...
http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Platform-releng-faq#How_can_I_run_the_update_manager_from_a_command_line_to_mirror_a_remote_site.3F

For information on how to controlling update policies, refer to this document
http://help.eclipse.org/help32/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/tasks/tasks-37.htm

Kim

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Subject	[eclipse-mirrors] Errors when using the standalone updater to        mirror Callisto

Dear All, 
  
I have been trying to mirror the Callisto Discovery and Eclipse project
update sites using the standalone updater (versions 3.1 and 3.2):
  
Eclipse: http://update2.eclipse.org/updates/3.2
Callisto: http://download3.eclipse.org/callisto/releases
  
This morning I managed to successfully mirror Eclipse using the 3.2 updater
(not tested it yet) but *cannot* successfully mirror Callisto using either
the 3.1 or 3.2 updater. I have attached the scripts I used plus the error
logs from the various runs to this email. Can anyone tell me what is causing
these errors and what I/we can do about them? 
Best regards, 
  
Miles 
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