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Bug 346398

Summary:	[import/export] Install Software items to/from file only works with remote repositories
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Equinox	Reporter:	Bernhard Merkle <bernhard.merkle>
Component:	p2	Assignee:	P2 Inbox <equinox.p2-inbox>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	pascal
Version:	3.7
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:	stalebug

Description Bernhard Merkle

2011-05-19 05:05:34 EDT

Build Identifier: 20110505-1223

as much as I love the new feature in 3.7 (p2 import/export feature)
I am missing support for local eclipse installations.

the export to p2f is _only_ a reference to the original p2 update site.
And this can really be a problem in practice as sometimes (of worse often) a certain version has been removed from the update site.

removing stuff from update site is bad practice, I know but this is how it happens.

I often want to mirror additional plugins that I have already in a certain eclipse installation. This is done with a easy trick:

Just add a local update site eclipse/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/profileRegistry/SDKProfile.profile/ as 
and you are done. Is it such simple as that.

Why does the new "Install Software items to/from file" not obey this possiblity ?

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Bernhard Merkle

2011-05-19 05:06:33 EDT

and are there any drawbacks with the method adding a local update site with
eclipse/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/profileRegistry/SDKProfile.profile/

Comment 2 Lars Vogel

2019-11-14 03:11:36 EST

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.

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