Re: [p2-dev] FeaturesAction and absolute root files

[Andrew Niefer <aniefer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Publisher support for root properties
is incomplete and only works in the most basic cases.   
The code there seems to be missing support
for:
- ant wildcard patterns
- absolute: and file: prefixes
- root.folder properties
Also it may generate chmod instructions
for files that don't exist, resulting in failures at install time.

See https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=278086

The proper support for these properties
is provided by PDE/Build.   See the <eclipse.gatherFeature/>
ant task and GatherFeatureTask#createRootAdvice

-Andrew

Thomas Hallgren <thomas@xxxxxxx>
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06/01/2009 02:49 AM

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A Buckminster user has problems making the root files
working. 
Apparently he is using the 'absolute:' prefix described in the 
documentation:

http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/pde/doc/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/tasks/pde_rootfiles.htm?view=co

I cannot find any support for that in the publisher. Has the support for
that being dropped or am I looking in the wrong place?

Regards,
Thomas Hallgren
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