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Bug 355894

Summary:	[documentation] Expand build id in product configurations
Product:	z_Archived	Reporter:	Thomas Hallgren <thomas>
Component:	Buckminster	Assignee:	buckminster.core-inbox <buckminster.core-inbox>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Bug Depends on:	355892
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Description Thomas Hallgren

2011-08-25 16:07:40 EDT

The documentation for the site.p2 action should mention the build.id expansion.

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #355892 +++

It is very common to include a build id in a product configuration file. Example:

 <configurations>
   <property name="eclipse.buildId" value="@qualifier@" />
 </configurations>

The idea is to expand this build id before it is fed to the publisher so that the IU that corresponds to the product gets a touchpoint instruction similar to:

 <instruction key='configure'>
  setProgramProperty(propName:eclipse.buildId,propValue:S201108251123);
 </instruction>

Buckminster should perform this expansion automatically when during the site.p2 action when it has a build.id property set.