RE: [p2-dev] Re: How to update a component feature of a product build?

["Taylor, Richard" <Richard.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Please refer to this for the underpinnings of the issue:  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=279659

 

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From: p2-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:p2-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Samuel Wu
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 8:46 AM
To: P2 developer discussions
Subject: Re: [p2-dev] Re: How to update a component feature of a product build?

 

Thank you, Ian and Gunnar. I'll try it out.

Best Regards

Samuel Wu


Gunnar Wagenknecht ---07/30/2010 02:00:14 AM---Hi Samuel, Am 29.07.2010 16:18, schrieb Samuel Wu:

From:	Gunnar Wagenknecht <gunnar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:	p2-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date:	07/30/2010 02:00 AM
Subject:	[p2-dev] Re: How to update a component feature of a product build?
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Hi Samuel,

Am 29.07.2010 16:18, schrieb Samuel Wu:
> Can you please advise how to update a included feature in the product?

As Ian already mentioned, it isn't possible because of the
single-version requirement. The recommended way is to produce a new
version of the product. There is a feature request open to allow version
ranges in products.

https://bugs.eclipse.org/292542

But there are some workarounds available. Andrew Niefer blogged about them:

http://aniefer.blogspot.com/2009/07/composing-and-updating-custom-eclipse.html
http://aniefer.blogspot.com/2009/07/adt-part-2-more-like-epp.html

-Gunnar


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