[pde-build-dev] unable to find plugin

[Allen Lee <alllee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi there:

I was hoping I could get some insight into the current hangup I'm encountering 
in my efforts at build automation for our Eclipse RCP project.  We have a
product and three subsidiary plugins that contribute functionality to the
product.  I've been following the steps listed at 

http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-PDE-Automation/automation.html

in typical monkey-see-monkey-do fashion - there's a feature project that
includes all 4 plugins.  However, I keep getting stuck at the generate phase.
The plugins are successfully retrieved from CVS but shortly thereafter the
process bombs out with a CoreException and an error message 'Unable to find
plugin: XXX_0.0.0'.  

Does anyone have any input as to other reasons why PDE might not be able to
find the plugins?  I noticed Peter Bracken had the same problem at 

http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/pde-build-dev/msg00065.html

that was apparently fixed by specifying which eclipse to build against but I
checked and the baseLocation has been properly set to the Eclipse 3.1
directory.  The response from Vasant seems to indicate that it could be a
missing dependency which I am worried may be the case; our plugins have a
dependency on GEF 3.1 that I'm not sure how best to satisfy in the automated
build process; GEF is not installed in the standard eclipse plugins location
but in an extension location instead.

Any input would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time!

Allen Lee