[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Eclipse bug?

[Eric Rizzo <eclipse-news@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

mlt wrote:
> Manually installing DTP  Enablement1.6.2 solved the problem. When 
> automatically  updating a plugin should its dependencies not get updated 
> too?

Yes, they should. If you don't get a response soon from the BIRT gurus, 
I'd recommend entering a bug against BIRT with detailed steps to 
reproduce. It is possible that some BIRT plug-in or feature is not 
specifying its dependency versions correctly in the update site.

Eric



> "Eric Rizzo" <eclipse-news@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
> news:h1s9q5$d54$2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > mlt wrote:
> > > I have installed:
> > >
> > > eclipse
> > > Version: 3.4.2
> > > Build id: M20090211-1700
> > >
> > > on vista 64. I have installed the latest version of BIRT. When I 
> > > create a report and try to edit the data source (double click the 
> > > added data source) I get the error:
> >
> > Note: I've copied this reply to the eclipse.birt newsgroup.
> >
> > Are you certain that "the latest version of BIRT" does not require 
> > Eclipse 3.5? It should not even install or run in 3.4 if it does 
> > require 3.5, but it's possible that is the source of your problem.
> > What version of BIRT did you install? How did you install it, via the 
> > Software Updates GUI or by some other (manual) means?
> >
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Eric
> >
> >
> > > An error has occurred. See error log for more details.
> > > org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.design.ui.designsession.DataSourceDesignSession.setAndVerifyUseProfileSelectionPage()Z 
> > > I have looked in the error log under the Plug-in Development 
> > > perspective where I get the following info:
> > >
> > > Problems occurred when invoking code from plug-in: "org.eclipse.jface".
> > >
> > > java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: 
> > > org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.design.ui.designsession.DataSourceDesignSession.setAndVerifyUseProfileSelectionPage()Z 
> > > at 
> > > org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.data.ui.datasource.DataSourceEditor.addCustomPageODAV3(DataSourceEditor.java:122) 
> > > at 
> > > org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.data.ui.datasource.DataSourceEditor.<init>(DataSourceEditor.java:78) 
> > > at 
> > > org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.views.data.providers.DataSourceNodeProvider.performEdit(DataSourceNodeProvider.java:84) 
> > > at 
> > > org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.views.DefaultNodeProvider.performRequest(DefaultNodeProvider.java:410) 
> > > at 
> > > org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.views.actions.EditAction.doAction(EditAction.java:85) 
> > > at 
> > > org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.views.actions.AbstractElementAction.run(AbstractElementAction.java:66) 
> > > at 
> > > org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.views.RenameListener.doubleClick(RenameListener.java:214) 
> > > at 
> > > org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer$1.run(StructuredViewer.java:799) 
> > >
> > > at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:37)
> > > at org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform.run(Platform.java:880)
> > > at org.eclipse.ui.internal.JFaceUtil$1.run(JFaceUtil.java:48)
> > > at org.eclipse.jface.util.SafeRunnable.run(SafeRunnable.java:175)
> > > at 
> > > org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.fireDoubleClick(StructuredViewer.java:797) 
> > > at 
> > > org.eclipse.jface.viewers.AbstractTreeViewer.handleDoubleSelect(AbstractTreeViewer.java:1419) 
> > > at 
> > > org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer$4.widgetDefaultSelected(StructuredViewer.java:1173) 
> > > at 
> > > org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy.fireDefaultSelectionEvent(OpenStrategy.java:237) 
> > > at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy.access$0(OpenStrategy.java:234)
> > > at 
> > > org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy$1.handleEvent(OpenStrategy.java:295)
> > > at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
> > > at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1003)
> > > at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3823)
> > > at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3422)
> > > at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2384)
> > > at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2348)
> > > at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2200)
> > > at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$5.run(Workbench.java:495)
> > > at 
> > > org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:288) 
> > > at 
> > > org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:490) 
> > >
> > > at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
> > > at 
> > > org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:113) 
> > > at 
> > > org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:193) 
> > > at 
> > > org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110) 
> > > at 
> > > org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79) 
> > > at 
> > > org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:386) 
> > > at 
> > > org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179) 
> > > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> > > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> > > at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> > > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
> > > at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:549)
> > > at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:504)
> > > at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1236)
> > >
> > >
> > > Any idea on how to solve this problem without reinstalling eclipse?