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Re: [tycho-user] Set root directory for p2 repository

If you add the created p2 site as a directory on the target platform
the bundles are visible - bit of a hack though.



On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Hannes Niederhausen
<h.niederhausen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks,
>
> but the goal is to build an update site for an eclipse plug-in, so the
> repository must be visible for the eclipse update manager.
>
> regards
> Hannes
>
> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 9:43 AM, motes motes <mort.motes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Hannes Niederhausen
>> <h.niederhausen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I want to create a p2 repository with maven, which contains the older versions.
>>>
>>> Right now my update site structure is:
>>>
>>> project
>>> -- plugins
>>> -- features
>>> site.xml
>>> artifacts.jar
>>> content.jar
>>> category.xml
>>>
>>> When I update the site xml with a new version PDE just adds the new
>>> version to the update site.
>>>
>>> Using maven/tycho, the update site is created in the target directory.
>>> Is there a way to convigure tycho, to store the files into the root
>>> directory and only add the new features to the repository.
>>>
>>> The only idea I have is moving the files in some sort of
>>> post-processing but this would overwrite content.jar and
>>> artifacts.jar.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance
>>> Hannes
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>>
>>
>>
>> Why not look into the FeaturesAndBundlesPublisher which can be
>> executed from tycho:
>>
>> https://docs.sonatype.org/display/TYCHO/Tycho-extras+-+FeaturesAndBundlesPublisher
>>
>> Its possible to specify the append option:
>>
>>                                <configuration>
>>                                                <compress>false</compress>
>>                                                <append>true</append>
>>                                                <!-- additional arguments example
>>                                                        <additionalArgs>-configs win32.win32.x86</additionalArgs>
>>                                                -->
>>                                </configuration>
>>
>> which adds the bundles/features to the existing repo - without wiping
>> existing bundles/features. Notice that the generated repo cannot be
>> seen from eclipse update manager (no categories are published). But
>> its a valid p2 repo when building with tycho.
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