315792 – NPE is thrown during the headless build

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Bug 315792 - NPE is thrown during the headless build

Summary: NPE is thrown during the headless build

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	PDE
Classification:	Eclipse Project
Component:	Build (show other bugs)
Version:	4.0
Hardware:	PC Windows XP

Importance:	P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	3.6.1
Assignee:	pde-build-inbox
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Reported:	2010-06-04 11:41 EDT by Samuel Wu
Modified:	2010-08-18 09:39 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

See Also:

Flags:	dj.houghton: review+ darin.eclipse: review+

Attachments
zip file contains the build project (324.79 KB, application/octet-stream) 2010-06-04 11:42 EDT, Samuel Wu	no flags	Details
patch (1.60 KB, patch) 2010-08-11 17:21 EDT, Andrew Niefer	no flags	Details \| Diff
patch + test (4.95 KB, patch) 2010-08-17 14:33 EDT, Andrew Niefer	no flags	Details \| Diff
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Description Samuel Wu

2010-06-04 11:41:46 EDT

Build Identifier: eclipse-SDK-3.6RC3

I created a simple feature com.ent.customized.toolkit which includes feature org.eclipse.platform and plugin com.ent.customized.toolkit.branding. A product definition was created to include this feature.
The product can be exported properly in the GUI.
The feature and plugin were moved to another directory to set up a headless product build. The build.properties file from org.eclipse.pde.build_3.6.0.v20100526\templates\headless-build was copied over and customized. When runBuild.bat was run to start the build, I got the following messages.


D:\HeadlessBuild\configuration>runbuild

D:\HeadlessBuild\configuration>set Path=D:\toolkit 34\eclipse\jre\bin

D:\HeadlessBuild\configuration>set eclipseHome=D:\eclipse-SDK-3.6RC3

D:\HeadlessBuild\configuration>java -jar D:\eclipse-SDK-3.6RC3\eclipse\plugins\o
rg.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.0.v20100507.jar -application org.eclipse.ant.cor
e.antRunner -buildfile D:\eclipse-SDK-3.6RC3\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.pde.bui
ld_3.6.0.v20100526\scripts\productBuild\productBuild.xml -Dbuilder=D:\HeadlessBu
ild\configuration
Buildfile: D:\eclipse-SDK-3.6RC3\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.pde.build_3.6.0.v20
100526\scripts\productBuild\productBuild.xml

main:

preBuild:

preSetup:

checkLocalMaps:

getMapFiles:

postSetup:

checkLocalBase:

getBaseComponents:

processRepos:

generateFeature:

fetch:

generateFeature:

BUILD FAILED
D:\eclipse-SDK-3.6RC3\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.pde.build_3.6.0.v20100526\scri
pts\productBuild\productBuild.xml:39: The following error occurred while executi
ng this line:
D:\eclipse-SDK-3.6RC3\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.pde.build_3.6.0.v20100526\scri
pts\productBuild\productBuild.xml:69: java.lang.NullPointerException

The build directory is zipped and attached


Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Samuel Wu

2010-06-04 11:42:32 EDT

Created attachment 171114 [details]
zip file contains the build project

Comment 2 Andrew Niefer

2010-06-04 12:59:25 EDT

Sam your project built fine for me.

Do you have a call stack for the NPE?
If not, do get get one if you run with -verbose?

Comment 3 Samuel Wu

2010-06-04 13:38:43 EDT

Thank you, Andrew, for looking into this problem. Since it works for you, it might be something wrong in my environment? Here is the stack trace.

D:\eclipse-SDK-3.6RC3\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.pde.build_3.6.0.v20100526\scri
pts\productBuild\productBuild.xml:39: The following error occurred while executi
ng this line:
D:\eclipse-SDK-3.6RC3\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.pde.build_3.6.0.v20100526\scri
pts\productBuild\productBuild.xml:69: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.addLocationToBuildException(Projec
tHelper.java:508)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Ant.execute(Ant.java:418)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.CallTarget.execute(CallTarget.java:105)

        at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:288)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor7.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:37)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:599)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.jav
a:106)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:357)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:385)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1337)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1306)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExe
cutor.java:41)
        at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.EclipseDefaultExecutor.executeTarge
ts(EclipseDefaultExecutor.java:32)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1189)
        at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.InternalAntRunner.run(InternalAntRu
nner.java:662)
        at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.InternalAntRunner.run(InternalAntRu
nner.java:534)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:45)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:37)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:599)
        at org.eclipse.ant.core.AntRunner.run(AntRunner.java:513)
        at org.eclipse.ant.core.AntRunner.start(AntRunner.java:600)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandl
e.java:196)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runAppli
cation(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(Ec
lipseAppLauncher.java:79)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.ja
va:369)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.ja
va:179)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:45)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:37)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:599)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:619)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:574)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1407)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1383)
Caused by: D:\eclipse-SDK-3.6RC3\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.pde.build_3.6.0.v20
100526\scripts\productBuild\productBuild.xml:69: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.jav
a:116)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:357)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:385)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1337)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.SingleCheckExecutor.executeTargets(Single
CheckExecutor.java:38)
        at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.EclipseSingleCheckExecutor.executeT
argets(EclipseSingleCheckExecutor.java:30)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1189)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Ant.execute(Ant.java:416)
        ... 35 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.site.BuildTimeSite.getRegistry(BuildTi
meSite.java:121)
        at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.FeatureGenerator.createFeature(Feature
Generator.java:337)
        at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.FeatureGenerator.generate(FeatureGener
ator.java:159)
        at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.FeatureGenerator.generateNestedRequire
ments(FeatureGenerator.java:218)
        at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.FeatureGenerator.generate(FeatureGener
ator.java:134)
        at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.tasks.FeatureGeneratorTask.run(Feature
GeneratorTask.java:54)
        at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.tasks.FeatureGeneratorTask.execute(Fea
tureGeneratorTask.java:36)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:288)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor7.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:37)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:599)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.jav
a:106)
        ... 43 more
--- Nested Exception ---
D:\eclipse-SDK-3.6RC3\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.pde.build_3.6.0.v20100526\scri
pts\productBuild\productBuild.xml:69: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.jav
a:116)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:357)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:385)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1337)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.SingleCheckExecutor.executeTargets(Single
CheckExecutor.java:38)
        at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.EclipseSingleCheckExecutor.executeT
argets(EclipseSingleCheckExecutor.java:30)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1189)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Ant.execute(Ant.java:416)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.CallTarget.execute(CallTarget.java:105)

        at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:288)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor7.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:37)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:599)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.jav
a:106)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:357)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:385)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1337)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1306)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExe
cutor.java:41)
        at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.EclipseDefaultExecutor.executeTarge
ts(EclipseDefaultExecutor.java:32)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1189)
        at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.InternalAntRunner.run(InternalAntRu
nner.java:662)
        at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.InternalAntRunner.run(InternalAntRu
nner.java:534)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:45)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:37)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:599)
        at org.eclipse.ant.core.AntRunner.run(AntRunner.java:513)
        at org.eclipse.ant.core.AntRunner.start(AntRunner.java:600)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandl
e.java:196)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runAppli
cation(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(Ec
lipseAppLauncher.java:79)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.ja
va:369)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.ja
va:179)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:45)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:37)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:599)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:619)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:574)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1407)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1383)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.site.BuildTimeSite.getRegistry(BuildTi
meSite.java:121)
        at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.FeatureGenerator.createFeature(Feature
Generator.java:337)
        at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.FeatureGenerator.generate(FeatureGener
ator.java:159)
        at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.FeatureGenerator.generateNestedRequire
ments(FeatureGenerator.java:218)
        at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.FeatureGenerator.generate(FeatureGener
ator.java:134)
        at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.tasks.FeatureGeneratorTask.run(Feature
GeneratorTask.java:54)
        at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.tasks.FeatureGeneratorTask.execute(Fea
tureGeneratorTask.java:36)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:288)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor7.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:37)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:599)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.jav
a:106)
        ... 43 more
--- Nested Exception ---
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.site.BuildTimeSite.getRegistry(BuildTi
meSite.java:121)
        at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.FeatureGenerator.createFeature(Feature
Generator.java:337)
        at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.FeatureGenerator.generate(FeatureGener
ator.java:159)
        at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.FeatureGenerator.generateNestedRequire
ments(FeatureGenerator.java:218)
        at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.FeatureGenerator.generate(FeatureGener
ator.java:134)
        at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.tasks.FeatureGeneratorTask.run(Feature
GeneratorTask.java:54)
        at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.tasks.FeatureGeneratorTask.execute(Fea
tureGeneratorTask.java:36)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:288)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor7.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:37)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:599)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.jav
a:106)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:357)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:385)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1337)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.SingleCheckExecutor.executeTargets(Single
CheckExecutor.java:38)
        at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.EclipseSingleCheckExecutor.executeT
argets(EclipseSingleCheckExecutor.java:30)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1189)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Ant.execute(Ant.java:416)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.CallTarget.execute(CallTarget.java:105)

        at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:288)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor7.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:37)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:599)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.jav
a:106)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:357)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:385)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1337)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1306)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExe
cutor.java:41)
        at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.EclipseDefaultExecutor.executeTarge
ts(EclipseDefaultExecutor.java:32)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1189)
        at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.InternalAntRunner.run(InternalAntRu
nner.java:662)
        at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.InternalAntRunner.run(InternalAntRu
nner.java:534)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:45)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:37)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:599)
        at org.eclipse.ant.core.AntRunner.run(AntRunner.java:513)
        at org.eclipse.ant.core.AntRunner.start(AntRunner.java:600)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandl
e.java:196)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runAppli
cation(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(Ec
lipseAppLauncher.java:79)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.ja
va:369)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.ja
va:179)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:45)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:37)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:599)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:619)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:574)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1407)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1383)

Comment 4 Andrew Niefer

2010-06-04 14:08:15 EDT

Sam, I this is the problem:
base=D:\eclipse-SDK-3.6RC3

Because this is a properties file, '\' is an escape character, so you need

base=D:\\eclipse-SDK-3.6RC3
or
base-D:/eclipse-SDK-3.6RC3

I changed this line when I tried it earlier because I don't have a D: drive.

If I leave '\' which creates an incorrect path of "D:eclipse-SDK-3.6RC3", then I see the NPE.

I'll look at this in 3.6.1 to see if we can give a better error

Comment 5 Samuel Wu

2010-06-04 14:38:55 EDT

Hi Andrew,
After the path change, it moved forward but ran into another problem. It now failed to find org.eclipse.pde.build.container.feature. This feature is in D:\HeadlessBuild\configuration\buildDirectory\features. But it tried to find it at the wrong place. Is there a properties I can set to point it to the right place?

BUILD FAILED
D:\eclipse-SDK-3.6RC3\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.pde.build_3.6.0.v20100526\scripts\productBuild\productBuild.xml:42: The following error occurred while executing this line:
D:\eclipse-SDK-3.6RC3\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.pde.build_3.6.0.v20100526\scripts\build.xml:94: The following error occurred while executing this line:
D:\eclipse-SDK-3.6RC3\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.pde.build_3.6.0.v20100526\templates\headless-build\customTargets.xml:110: The following error occurred while executing this line:
D:\eclipse-SDK-3.6RC3\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.pde.build_3.6.0.v20100526\templates\headless-build\customTargets.xml:46: The following error occurred while executing this line:
D:\eclipse-SDK-3.6RC3\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.pde.build_3.6.0.v20100526\templates\headless-build\customTargets.xml:12: The following error occurred while executing this line:
D:\eclipse-SDK-3.6RC3\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.pde.build_3.6.0.v20100526\scripts\productBuild\allElements.xml:20: The following error occurred while executing this line:
D:\eclipse-SDK-3.6RC3\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.pde.build_3.6.0.v20100526\scripts\genericTargets.xml:72: Basedir D:\eclipse-SDK-3.6RC3\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.pde.build_3.6.0.v20100526\scripts\productBuild\buildDirectory\features\org.eclipse.pde.build.container.feature does not exist
	at org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.addLocationToBuildException(ProjectHelper.java:508)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Ant.execute(Ant.java:418)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.CallTarget.execute(CallTarget.java:105)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:288)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor7.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:37)

Comment 6 Andrew Niefer

2010-06-04 14:45:41 EDT

You define "buildDirectory" with a relative path in your build.properties file.  I'm not sure what this ends up being relative to.  You should change that to perhaps ${builder}/buildDirectory

Comment 7 Samuel Wu

2010-06-04 15:10:47 EDT

Thank you so much, Andrew. You are absolutely right. Once I change the path, it works like a charm. It's so cool. I never imaged that the product build is so easy to set up :)
I'm going to move customTargets.xml and productBuild.xml to my configuration directory to do some further customization now. 
I appreciate your prompt response.

Comment 8 Andrew Niefer

2010-06-04 15:31:12 EDT

There is no customization in productBuild.xml, you shouldn't move that script.

You could customize the allElements.xml if you want, though the productBuild is hardcoded to use its own, so you would need to define "allElementsFile" on the command line the same as you do with -Dbuilder

Comment 9 Andrew Niefer

2010-08-11 17:21:39 EDT

Created attachment 176412 [details]
patch

Patch, needs test.

The original exception for the bad location was swallowed leaving the build site in a partial state, later on this leads to the NPE.

Comment 10 Andrew Niefer

2010-08-17 14:33:22 EDT

Created attachment 176828 [details]
patch + test

New patch + test

Comment 11 Andrew Niefer

2010-08-17 15:11:10 EDT

fixed.

As explanation for the patch:
We cache the site factory which handles the PDEState, in the case of a bad baseLocation value, there is a thrown exception and we are left with a partially initialized site.  If later we attempt to use that site again, then we get the NPE.

The fix is to only cache the site if we were successful in creating it.