[news.eclipse.technology.equinox] Re: trying to build do p2 generation w

["John Kelly" <john.kelly@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Andrew - thanks you for you very succinct answer.
Once I've sorted this out to my own satisfaction I'll add another append 
with the full detail
thanks again
-- 
John Kelly


"Andrew Niefer" <aniefer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> In Eclipse, only the Main class (from org.eclipse.equinox.launcher) is 
> found from the normal java classpath.  Everything else is found through 
> OSGi classloaders which don't use that classpath.
>
> You can use a minimal set of bundles for your build, but it will need a 
> config.ini to get everything started.  (Also more bundles than you listed 
> below.)
>
> The easiest way to get this is to use a product configuration file in 
> eclipse.  Add org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.generator (and perhaps 
> exemplary.setup) then do "Add Required Plug-ins".
> Export this product and you should end up with what you need to run the 
> generator.  You can throw away the executable and eclipse.ini, but you 
> need the configuration directory and all the plugins.  You can then start 
> it like you have below, though only the equinox.launcher needs to be on 
> the java classpath.
>
> -Andrew
> John Kelly wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to add p2 generation to our build.xml with is already building 
>> our update site (site.xml etc..)
>> Our build machine DOES NOT HAVE ECLIPSE installed, so i'm trying to cut 
>> down the generation process to a bare minimum,  if possible.
>> (please excuse my ignorance if what i'm trying to do is "dumb")
>>
>> Firstly, I need to know if it's possible to build in this way (see ant 
>> task below below).
>>
>> I've read quite a bit of literature around the web and I've got as far as 
>> I can..
>> I'm now stuck on a "Java returned: 13" problem
>>
>> All suggestions gratefully received - thanks in advance
>> John
>>
>> Details are...
>>
>> I've created an ant target as below...
>>
>>    <java classpathref="eclipsep2.classpath" fork="true" 
>> failonerror="true"
>>   classname="org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main" >
>>   <arg line=" -application 
>> org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.generator.EclipseGenerator \
>>               -debug \
>>            -consoleLog \
>>            -updateSite ${lib.dir} \
>>               -site file:${lib.dir}/site.xml \
>>               -metadataRepository file:${lib.dir} \
>>               -metadataRepositoryName '${PRODUCTTITLE} Update Site' \
>>               -artifactRepository file:${lib.dir} \
>>               -artifactRepositoryName '${PRODUCTTITLE} Artifacts' \
>>               -compress \
>>               -reusePack200Files" />
>>     </java>
>>  </target>
>>
>> my classpath includes the following jars
>>
>>   <include name="org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.1.R33x_v20080118.jar" 
>> />
>>   <include 
>> name="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.generator_1.0.0.v20080604.jar" />
>>   <include 
>> name="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.artifact.repository_1.0.1.v200808061616.jar" 
>> />
>>   <include 
>> name="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.exemplarysetup_1.0.0.v20080427-2136.jar" />
>>   <include name="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui.sdk_1.0.0.v20080605-1731.jar" 
>> />
>>   <include 
>> name="org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator.manipulator_1.0.1.R34x_v20080911-1720.jar" 
>> />
>>
>> the console output looks like this...
>>
>> p2:
>>      [java] Install location:
>>      [java] file:/c:/xxx/buildoutput/lib/
>>      [java] Configuration file:
>>      [java] file:/c:/xxx/buildoutput/lib/configuration/config.ini not 
>> found or not read
>>      [java] Configuration location:
>>      [java] file:/c:/xxx/buildoutput/lib/configuration
>>      [java] Configuration file:
>>      [java] file:/c:/xxx/buildoutput/lib/config.ini not found or not read
>>      [java] Shared configuration location:
>>      [java] file:/c:/xxx/buildoutput/lib/configuration/
>>      BUILD FAILED
>> C:\xxx\src\build.xml:150: Java returned: 13
>>
>> if i look in generated directory C:\xxx\buildoutput\lib\configuration i 
>> find a log file with contents thus..
>>
>> !SESSION Tue Dec 30 16:04:49 GMT 
>> 2008 ------------------------------------------
>> !ENTRY org.eclipse.equinox.launcher 4 0 2008-12-30 16:04:50.078
>> !MESSAGE Exception launching the Eclipse Platform:
>> !STACK
>> java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not find framework
>>  at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.getBootPath(Main.java:816)
>>  at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:431)
>>  at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1173)
>>  at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1148)
>>