Re: Fw: [Fwd: [pde-dev] Build error]

[Andrew Niefer <aniefer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark, 
I started looking at this, but am having
a hard time seeing how it would happen.  Do you have a small example
that reproduces the problem that you can put on a bug?

-Andrew

From:	Mark Russell <mark_russell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:	"Eclipse PDE general developers list." <pde-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	08/25/2009 12:54 PM
Subject:	Re: Fw: [Fwd: [pde-dev] Build error]
Sent by:	pde-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx

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thank You :->
Darin Wright wrote:
> Posting to p2-dev in case anyone can help.
> 
> Darin
> ----- Forwarded by Darin Wright/Ottawa/IBM on 08/25/2009 10:44 AM
-----
> 
> From:
> Mark Russell <mark_russell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:
> "Eclipse PDE general developers list." <pde-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
Lisa Jett 
> <ljett@xxxxxxxx>
> Date:
> 08/24/2009 08:00 AM
> Subject:
> [Fwd: [pde-dev] Build error]
> Sent by:
> pde-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> 
> 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?
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> 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. 
> 
> 


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