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Bug 358015

Summary:	Eclipse always creates a zombie workspace
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Hansgeorg Schwibbe <hansgeorg.schwibbe>
Component:	Resources	Assignee:	Platform-Resources-Inbox <platform-resources-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	sptaszkiewicz, Szymon.Brandys
Version:	3.7
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
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Description Hansgeorg Schwibbe

2011-09-18 04:46:56 EDT

Build Identifier: 20110615-0604

I organize my workspaces with the following structure:
"/home/<user>/workspaces/workspaceX/projectX"

But I have allways a zombie workspace beside my workspaces in:
"/home/<user>/workspace"

I have never used the workspace in my home folder. When I remove it, it will be generated when I load another workspace.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Remove the workspace on your home folder
2. Create a workspace on a different workspace location
3. Create some projects in the workspace on the different workspace location
4. Change some settings
5. You have a zombie workspace under "/home/<user>/workspace"

Comment 1 Szymon Ptaszkiewicz

2011-10-07 11:49:41 EDT

Hansgeorg, can you please check if this zombie workspace is something more than just an empty folder or a folder with .metadata/.log file only?

Szymon, I saw a case where default workspace was created when p2.director could not resolve bundle dependencies and .log was created in default location to log an error. Unfortunately, no steps to reproduce on demand.

Comment 2 Hansgeorg Schwibbe

2011-10-07 16:14:35 EDT

Hello Szymon,

there is a .metadata folder containing a .plugins and .mylyn folder.

Best regards
Hansgeorg

Comment 3 Szymon Brandys

2011-11-04 12:17:35 EDT

(In reply to comment #2)
> Hello Szymon,
> 
> there is a .metadata folder containing a .plugins and .mylyn folder.
> 
> Best regards
> Hansgeorg

Could you use vanilla Eclipse (no Mylyn) and check, if the problem is still there?

Comment 4 Szymon Brandys

2011-11-07 10:49:06 EST

One of reasons could be "Preferences > Mylyn > Tasks > Advanced > Data directory" set to "/home/<user>/workspace". Could you check that?

Comment 5 Szymon Brandys

2011-11-09 06:08:31 EST

Marking WORKSFORME. Feel free to reopen, if you have reproducible steps.