Re: [p2-dev] Cannot install features into a runtime workbench

[Andrew Eisenberg <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Found out an answer:
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_p2_Getting_Started_for_Developers#Self_hosting

Thanks anyway.

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Andrew Eisenberg <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am working on a patch for
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=332158.  I am trying to
> reproduce the problem in a runtime workspace.  (This is the problem
> where trying to install into a Shared Install fails, but the error
> message is confusing).
>
> For this, in my launch configuration, I have checked "Support software
> installation in the launched application".  Also, in the plug-ins tab,
> I have selected all features.
>
> Then, when I launch the runtime workbench and go to About Eclipse ->
> Installation Details -> Installed software, the page is blank.  This
> seems to be causing feature-based installs to fail since the runtime
> workbench does not think there are any features installed.  Hence, I
> cannot reproduce this bug in a runtime workbench.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> thanks,
> Andrew
>