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Re: [p2-dev] flush internal data API ?

Hey!

> The API is the one on IMetadataRepositoryManager#refreshRepository and IArtifactRepositoryManager#refreshRepository

Ah, great, thanks!!!

> What could be interesting is to propose reload upon failure of the installation.

Indeed, good idea.

Also thanks for the pointer to the “reload” button. Will try that next time… :-)
Maybe that is already enough.

Thanks again, much appreciated!!!
-Martin



> 
> On 15-11-20 09:43 AM, Martin Lippert wrote:
>> Hey!
>> 
>> I have a question:
>> 
>> Sometimes people report that they get an error while trying to update features. The error says something along the lines:
>> - no repository found containing XYZ
>> 
>> (even though the repository contains the mentioned artifacts).
>> As a solution I usually tell people to remove the update site from the list of available update sites, restart Eclipse, add the update back. That solves the issue, so I guess there is some stale or corrupt internal data about the repository.
>> 
>> My question:
>> Is there p2 API that I could use to build a simple button that wipes out that cached data?
>> That would make it a lot easier for our users to deal with that situation.
>> 
>> Since I am not a p2 expert, this might be a stupid question, but I hope to find some help here… :-)
>> 
>> Thanks a lot!!!
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> -Martin
>> 
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