RE: [pde-dev] Problem adding additional locations to target platform Plu

["Ian Carr" <icarr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am actually working with IBM Lotus expeditor, and having problems adding 3rd party plugins to the development platform.

This seemed to be one way I could do it relatively sanely and more importantly repeatably.

In IBM RAD derived from a (3.4.0 eclipse base) adding the plugins this way seems to work. But I need a non RAD solution for my team.

I think that expeditor tooling does use 'Target definitions' in that I can pick a target type from their launch tooling, but I don't see a way to add to these, other than by using the platform tooling as above???

Many thanks 

Ian

-----Original Message-----
From: pde-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pde-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Aniszczyk
Sent: 10 February 2009 17:06
To: Eclipse PDE general developers list.
Subject: Re: [pde-dev] Problem adding additional locations to target platform Plug-ins list

We are reworking the target platform story in 3.5, we dropped some initial code in M5 but expect more changes in M6.

http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/S-3.5M5-200902021535/eclipse-news-M5.html#PDE

Is there a reason you aren't using target definitions in 3.4? It's a much easier way to manage your targets.


On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Ian Carr <icarr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


	I am having difficulty adding additional directories to the PDE Target
	platform when using
	the full Gannymede JEE build that do not occur when using the basic 3.4.1
	platform only.
	
	Using the Add... button in the Gannymede version (Plug-in Development,
	Target Platform, Plug-ins tab) skips the dialog allowing the user to choose
	update site/file location jumping straight to the 'File System Provisioner'.
	Adding directories using this dialog has no effect on the locations in the
	main wizard panel and does not change the content of the preferences file.
	
	The only way I seem to be able to add entries is to locate and edit the
	org.eclipse.pde.core.prefs file and manually add an
	       additional_locations=...
	
	entry. At which point the directory and contained plugins show up on
	restart.
	
	I can't find anything in bugzilla regarding this problem.
	
	Should I raise an issue?
	
	PS neither environment appear to provide a mechanism to remove the
	directories once added but I assume this is by design?
	
	Ian
	
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