[news.eclipse.tools] Re: Use of the eclipse\links folder?

[Peter Manahan <manahan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Cagatay Kavukcuoglu wrote:
> David Whiteman wrote:
>
> > One usage of this folder is to make it easier to move to a new version 
> > of Eclipse.  You could keep your plugins in a folder outside your 
> > Eclipse install directory (much like the recommended approach for 
> > workspaces), and then when you install a more recent build, you just 
> > copy the links folder over to the new one.  Otherwise it is difficult 
> > to remember which plugins and features you have installed and to copy 
> > them over correctly to the new install.
> >
> > David
>
> I used to do this but it does have a problem I couldn't work around: How 
> do you convince Update Manager to use the linked site for new feature 
> installations? In other words, I want the linked site to show up in the 
> list of sites when installing a new feature.
>
> Right now, I use the "-configuration <URL-to-platform.cfg>" command-line 
> parameter. This way, I can have multiple workspaces and a global 
> platform configuration independent of a particular workspace (by 
> default, platform.cfg is stored under the .metadata of a workspace).
What happens when you use the add button? Does it give and error?

Peter