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RE: [p2-dev] root files

I'd be interested in an answer to this as well.  I have an existing
feature that provides a full feature installation (so a
<featurename>.jar IU), and I am attempting to add root files to it in
addition to the normal JAR IU.  This seems to work and generates a
proper, default IU for my root files, but if I attempt to override or
contribute any fragments I get the maddening behaviour of the PDE export
operation just ignoring my p2.inf content with no explanation.

Is there a way I can debug this process to see exactly what it is that
P2 doesn't like about my .inf file?  It really is starting to look like
black magic.  Every time it looks like I have it figured out, I make one
small tweak and everything just stops working and reverts all my
metadata to default values.

Mark.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: p2-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:p2-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Haigermoser, Helmut
> Sent: May 25, 2009 10:20 AM
> To: P2 developer discussions
> Subject: RE: [p2-dev] root files
> 
> guys, this issue (if it is one) could be critical, can you 
> confirm root files are still working in 3.5, and if so, how? 
> TIA,
> Ciao, hh
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: p2-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:p2-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Haigermoser, Helmut
> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:46 PM
> To: P2 developer discussions
> Subject: [p2-dev] root files
> 
> Ciao Experts :)
> Something seems to have changed since 3.4.1 concerning root 
> files and how to get them into a repository.
> In my 3.4-based build I had a feature, included by 
> featureList=<feature>, and within that feature I had a line 
> root<config>=root.files
> 
> This way all files in root.files ended up in the root of my 
> installation if I installed the product. Now, this does not 
> seem to work anymore.
> Instead of adding the root files to the launcher binary 
> artifact separate feature IUs get generated, which is the 
> first problem since the feature's only purpose is to provide 
> root files, not to end up at the customer site. Also, that IU 
> is never referenced by my product and the root file never 
> gets installed :(
> 
> With pdebuild now doing the whole metadatageneration right at 
> the time the build is happening the whole system is 
> different. Also, I might have missed 
> messages/bugs/blogs/twitters that dealt with this problem, 
> would you mind enlightening me? :)
> 
> TIA,
> Ciao, hh
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