[news.eclipse.platform] .BundleException: State change in progress for b

["Gary E. Barnes" <gebarnes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a feature that I've built before under 3.2 and was able to install it 
in a 3.2 Eclipse and have it work.  Now I'm working with 3.3.1.

I build the feature using 3.3 and create a .zip file.  I create a directory 
and unzip the .zip into that directory.  I create a new Eclipse installation 
in another directory(I untar the SDK tar file for 3.3.1.).  Then I run that 
new Eclipse and use Help>Software Update>Find And Install to install the 
feature from the directory where I unzipped it.  Eclipse finds the feature, it 
can view the documentation, the license, find the pictures and so on.  It then 
says it needs to restart the SDK and I tell it to do that.  It restarts and 
then I try to open the perspective from the feature.  That is when the Error 
Log starts getting entries.  The very first one is shown below.  The rest seem 
to be a cascade from this one.  What does it mean and how do I get rid of it? 
 What kind of "update" is going on?

The start() of my AbstractUIPlugin class starts some threads that want to go 
off and do things.  One of the run() methods is apparently getting some sort 
of circular bundle activation problem that hasn't cropped up before.  The 
message indicates that a class from the plugin is waiting for the same plugin 
to finish doing some sort of "update".  Do I have to put in a BundleListener 
and wait for my bundle to finish starting (in the Eclipse sense)before I can 
start it for real (in its own mind)?

	Gary


While loading class "com.ibm.rational.apex.comm.CommSocket", thread 
"Thread[CommListener.thread,6,main]" timed out waiting (5000ms) for thread 
"Thread[main,6,main]" to finish starting bundle 
"update@plugins/com.ibm.rational.apex_1.0.0.jar [155]". To avoid deadlock, 
thread "Thread[CommListener.thread,6,main]" is proceeding but 
"com.ibm.rational.apex.comm.CommSocket" may not be fully initialized.

  org.osgi.framework.BundleException: State change in progress for bundle 
"update@plugins/com.ibm.rational.apex_1.0.0.jar" by thread "main".
at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.beginStateChange(AbstractBundle.java:1141)
at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.start(AbstractBundle.java:258)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.util.SecureAction.start(SecureAction.java:400)
at 
org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLazyStarter.java:111)
at 
org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:417)
at 
org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:189)
at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:340)
at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:408)
at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:369)
at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:357)
at 
org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:83)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:573)
at com.ibm.rational.apex.comm.CommListener$1.Run(CommListener.java:147)
at com.ibm.rational.apex.utility.BetterThread.run(BetterThread.java:54)
Caused by: 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle$BundleStatusException
... 14 more
Root exception:
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle$BundleStatusException
at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.beginStateChange(AbstractBundle.java:1141)
at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.start(AbstractBundle.java:258)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.util.SecureAction.start(SecureAction.java:400)
at 
org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLazyStarter.java:111)
at 
org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:417)
at 
org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:189)
at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:340)
at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:408)
at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:369)
at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:357)
at 
org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:83)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:573)
at com.ibm.rational.apex.comm.CommListener$1.Run(CommListener.java:147)
at com.ibm.rational.apex.utility.BetterThread.run(BetterThread.java:54)