[Fwd: [pde-dev] Build error]

[Mark Russell <mark_russell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have not hear from anyone.  Am I posting this to the wrong list?

Which list should I post to to get an answer to this?

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Subject: [pde-dev] Build error
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:36:15 -0400
From: Mark Russell <mark_russell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Eclipse PDE general developers list. <pde-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Organization: Instantiations, Inc.
To: Eclipse PDE general developers list. <pde-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Lisa Jett <ljett@xxxxxxxx>

I sent this last week.

Can anyone give me any help on this?  It is blocking me.

> First off thanks for the help getting PDE under debug.  That has helped me solve several issues.
>
> I have made some progress.
>
> First I have converted the build to use the eclipse 3.5 PDE.
>
> I'm still passing this data to the PDE build:
> [echoproperties] generate.p2.metadata=true
> [echoproperties] p2.artifact.repo=file\:/f\:/build/openArbor/temp/repo/
> [echoproperties] p2.artifact.repo.name=OpenArbor Artifact Repo
> [echoproperties] p2.flavor=tooling
> [echoproperties] p2.metadata.repo=file\:/f\:/build/openArbor/temp/repo/
> [echoproperties] p2.metadata.repo.name=OpenArbor Meta Repo
> [echoproperties] p2.metadata.repository.location=f\:\\build\\openArbor\\temp\\repo
> [echoproperties] p2.publish.artifacts=true
>
> now it runs the build and eventually gets to line 566 in
> org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.metadata.generator.Generate
> it is trying to execute this block:
>     if (bundle.getSymbolicName().equals(ORG_ECLIPSE_EQUINOX_LAUNCHER)) {
>         bundle = EclipseInstallGeneratorInfoProvider.createLauncher();
>     }
> it throws the null pointer exception because the getSymbolicName returns null on plugin
> BundleInfo(, , location=org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator_1.0.0.v20080604.jar, startLevel=1, toBeStarted=true, resolved=false, id=-1,no manifest, this.specialConfigCommands=null)
>
>
> Why would the plugin org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator return null for getSymbolicName()?
>
>
> I also tried to take org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator out of my product file then the PDE fails with a NPE at line 1177 in getBundleDescriptions.
>
> any help would be great. 


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Mark Russell
Build Master
Instantiations, Inc.
+1 724-368-3331 (land line)
http://www.instantiations.com
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Mark Russell
Build Master
Instantiations, Inc.
+1 724-368-3331 (land line)
http://www.instantiations.com