[p2-dev] Can p2.inf alter greedy attributes for a bundle you depend on?

[Eddie Galvez <eddie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello everyone,

 

I’ve got a PDE build, with p2.gathering=true, of an RCP app that uses some Mylyn bundles. There’s a bundle (org.eclipse.mylyn.commons.ui.manifest) that has an optional dependency on org.eclipse.ui.editors (via MANIFEST.MF saying “org.eclipse.ui.editors;resolution:=optional”).

 

I need my RCP NOT to take that optional dependency (ultimately it gets us org.eclipse.ui.ide and contributions to the File menu like Open File…!).

 

I cannot change the mylyn bundle’s MANIFEST.MF to add x-greedy=false… so what is my solution?

 

Can I actually put a p2.inf (next to my rcp .product file) that instructs p2 NOT to grab the optional dependencies that /mylyn/ is requesting?

 

Thank you!

-          Eddie