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Bug 77642

Summary: No error/warning is reported when you drop a plugin with missing dependencies into your install
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Kim Horne <eclipse>
Component: RuntimeAssignee: platform-runtime-inbox <platform-runtime-inbox>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3 CC: pascal
Version: 3.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows XP   
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Description Kim Horne CLA 2004-11-03 10:10:38 EST
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I dropped org.eclipse.ui.tests into my plugins directory and started eclipse
(with -dev -clean) without first adding it's dependant plugin
(org.eclipse.tests.performance).  The contributions to the plugin were not to be
seen.  The PDE Plugin view did not show the plugin (even after Show Active
Plugins Only was unchecked) but it did appear in the about dialog plugin list. 
No messages were logged anywhere informing me of my mistake.
Comment 1 John Arthorne CLA 2004-11-03 16:16:03 EST

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 75648 ***