Re: [pde-build-dev] Automating the export of an Eclipse product

[Andrew Niefer <aniefer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Joel,

What you are trying to do should be
possible. The productBuild.xml will generate a feature containing the plugins
listed in your .product file.  In your build, look for it at:
C:\E32M6\eclipse\workspace\lis-session-recorder.editor\build\features\org.eclipse.pde.build.container.feature.

Check the feature.xml for this generated
feature to see if it references your plugins.  I suspect it doesn't
since your build log doesn't reference any plugins at all.  The generateFeature
task would have thrown an exception during its verify phase if it was unable
to find your plugins, so, most likely the generateFeature task was unable
to find your .product file. Make sure that your plugins are copied to ${buildDirectory}\plugins
since that is where they are expected to be in a basic setup.

Some general points:
1.  You don't need your own copy
of productBuild.xml, it can be run directly from the pde.build/scripts/productBuild
directory
2.  The property eclipse.pdebuild.scripts
(as well as eclipse.pdebuild.templates) should be automatically set by
the antRunner, you don't need to set it unless you want to use a different
location
3.  You don't need your own copy
of customTargets.xml unless you need to implement some of those custom
steps, the build will automatically use the one from ${eclipse.pdebuild.templates}
if you don't have one.
4.  Your plugins should be copied
to ${buildDirectory}/plugins  (or they should exist in ${baseLocation}\plugins,
similarily for features).  (See bug 130929 about setting other directories
to look for plugins/features in)
5.  Make sure your baseLocation
includes the org.eclipse.platform.launchers feature if you want the exe
included in your product. (Get it by downloading the delta-pack).

All of the above refers to M5 or later,
we should have better docs and hopefully better error reporting by the
end of 3.2

-Andrew

pde-build-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 03/15/2006
12:19:52 PM:

> Hello all,
>  
> I’m trying to successfully export a product
via antRunner (complete 
> with the branded .exe, etc.).  My product does not have any 
> features, only plug-ins.  My first question would be: Is this
> possible with the “I20060314-1200” build?
>  
> From what I can tell in these recently resolved
bugs, the answer 
> would be “yes”:
>  
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=107272
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=127576
>  
> If that’s the case, then I appear to be experiencing
what Martin and
> Doug have recently experienced on these boards… my build declares
> itself a resounding success but strangely does not generate any 
> distribution.  
>  
> My build command is as follows:
> C:\E32M6\eclipse\workspace\lis-session-recorder.editor>
> java -jar C:\E32M6\eclipse\startup.jar -application
org.eclipse.ant.
> core.antRunner -buildfile C:\E32M6\eclipse\workspace\lis-session-
> recorder.editor\build\productBuild.xml -d -Dbuilder=C:
> \E32M6\eclipse\workspace\lis-session-recorder.editor\build -
> Declipse.pdebuild.scripts=C:\E32M6\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.pde.
> build_3.2.0.v20060313\scripts
>  
> The (admittedly overly-verbose) result from the
execution of my 
> script is attached.  Any advice (including “what you’re trying
is 
> not possible”) would be greatly appreciated!
>  
> Cheers!
>  
> Joel[attachment "build_results.txt"
deleted by Andrew Niefer/Ottawa/IBM] 
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