[news.eclipse.technology.ercp] Re: eUpdate in eRCP Workbench, eUpdate Do

["Mark Rogalski" <rogalski@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh...  we should have documented this in the milestone release notes...
eUpdate only handles update sites meant for devices. This is specified by 
using

<site type="org.eclipse.ercp.update.http">

in the site.xml. The reason for this is that Eclipse does not provide a 
mechanism for specifying whether a feature is meant for a device or not. To 
understand why this is a problem, consider a feature containing a plugin 
which provides a subset of desktop feature (for example eSWT). Both the 
superset and subset plugins export org.eclipse.swt packages. If you had an 
update site containing both features, the wrong one could resolve your 
dependency on these packages.
You could accidentally install subset features on your desktop and loose 
function or install large superset features on a device that take too many 
resources.

Therefore, we thought it better to limit device features to device specific 
sites.

That accounts for the unsupported site type error. I'm not sure why you are 
getting network type errors. I think we've only seen these where there has 
been a legitimate connectivity problem or a typo in the URL.




"Ismet Karakaya" <ismad@xxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:e9lio7$9fb$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> i want use the eUpdate feature of eRCP (Update Manager in eRCP Workbench), 
> but i got errors.
>
> done "Install New Applications/Features > Command > Add Bookmark" without 
> problems (i must select a site.xml for adding a Bookmark for Remote or 
> Local installation)
>
> after adding the bookmark i select (checkbox) the bookmark for 
> installation, without problems
>
>
> at the installation process i got following error:
>
> cannot access the update site "...", please make sure the path is correct 
> and the network is connected..
>
> maybe the site.xml is wrong?
> where can i find eUpdate Documentation or a right site.xml example?
>
> site.xml:
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <site>
>    <description url="http://localhost/ercpBundles/";>ercp Bundle 
> Plugin</description>
>    <plugin
>    url="plugins/eRCPsampleApp.app_1.0.0.jar"
>    id="eRCPsampleApp.app"
>    version="1.0.0">
>       <category name="ercp Bundle Plugin"/>
>    </plugin>
>    <category-def name="ercp Bundle Plugin" label="ercp Bundle Plugin">
>       <description>ercp Bundle Plugin</description>
>    </category-def>
> </site>
> ...
>
>
>
> for another site.xml i got the following error:
>
> The update site "..." has unsupported site type (""), and is ignored
>
> site.xml:
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <site>
>    <description url="http://localhost/ercpBundles/";>ercp Bundle 
> Plugin</description>
>    <feature
>    url="features/eRCPsampleApp.app_1.0.0.jar"
>    id="eRCPsampleApp.app"
>    version="1.0.0">
> <category name="ercp Bundle Plugin"/>
>    </feature>
>
>    <category-def name="ercp Bundle Plugin" label="ercp Bundle Plugin">
>       <description>ercp Bundle Plugin</description>
>    </category-def>
> </site>
>
>
> Thanks a lot !
>
> Ismet