[news.eclipse.platform] Re: what happened to startup.jar?

[Andrew Eberbach <nospam@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Ed,

Ok so this is *very* recent. I don't feel too bad for missing it :). 
Thanks for the pointer.

Thanks,
Andrew

Ed Merks wrote:
> Andrew,
>
> You'll probably find the recent discussions in this mailing list useful 
> since they explain what's changed and how to cope:
> <http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/cross-project-issues-dev/maillist.html> 
>
>
>     http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/cross-project-issues-dev/maillist.html
>
>
>
> aeberbac@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to do some automation, but I'm running into a problem with the 
> > 3.3 integration build. 
> >
> > java -cp plugins\org.eclipse.platform_3.2.100.v20070126\startup.jar 
> > org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main
> >
> > doesn't do anything. It doesn't say anything. The only information I'm 
> > getting is an exit status of 13. 
> >
> > Everything in the documentation refers to startup.jar. Now I looked at the 
> > launcher sources and there's a bit in eclipse.c that says:
> >
> >        jarFile = findStartupJar();
> >
> > in which there's a section that looks to do a:
> >
> >        file = findFile(pluginsPath, DEFAULT_EQUINOX_STARTUP);
> >
> > Where  DEFAULT_EQUINOX_STARTUP is defined as 
> >
> > #define DEFAULT_EQUINOX_STARTUP _T_ECLIPSE("org.eclipse.equinox.launcher")
> >
> > So when I look at the running configuration when launching from the 
> > executable I see:
> >
> > -startup
> > C:\mumble\eclipse3.3\plugins\org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.0.v20070126.jar
> >
> > Now if I run the antRunner with this guy it works as expected (ie it 
> > works). Has this just not been updated in the docs? Is this the 
> > replacement for startup.jar?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Andrew
> >
> >