[news.eclipse.platform] [p2] Re: uninstalling a plugin

[Eric Rizzo <eclipse-news@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeremy Prioux wrote:
> Eric Rizzo wrote:
> > Jeremy Prioux wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > When i use the uninstall tool provide in ganymede, it appears that my 
> > > plug-in is still in the plug-in directory of eclipse... even after a 
> > > restart with clean option. is it normal that the jar is not deleted? 
> > > does eclipse keep this for the "revert configuration" option?
> >
> > Yes, almost certainly that is the reason. I don't know much about the 
> > new provisioning system (p2) but that was the reason given in previous 
> > versions of Eclipse.
> >
> > Eric
>
> When installing a plugin, how can we force p2 to pick the provides files 
> instead of picking in his archive (even if it's the same version)?

That question is probably best asked on the eclipse.platform newsgroup, 
which I've copied to this reply.

Eric