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Build Identifier: I20100608-0911 I try to use the Find and Install feature on a fresh Helios installation (Eclipse Classic) and it doesn't work, here are the details: Network connection problems encountered during search. Unable to access "http://download.eclipse.org/releases/helios". Error accessing site stream. [Server returned HTTP response code: 503 for URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd] Server returned HTTP response code: 503 for URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd Error accessing site stream. [Server returned HTTP response code: 503 for URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd] Server returned HTTP response code: 503 for URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd Unable to access "http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.6". Error parsing site stream. [The XML stream is not a valid default "site.xml" file. The root tag is not site.] The XML stream is not a valid default "site.xml" file. The root tag is not site. Error parsing site stream. [The XML stream is not a valid default "site.xml" file. The root tag is not site.] The XML stream is not a valid default "site.xml" file. The root tag is not site. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install... 2. Select "Search for new features to install" 3. Mark "Helios Discovery Site" and "The Eclipse Project Updates" 4. Click Finish
(In reply to comment #0) > Steps to Reproduce: > 1. Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install... > 2. Select "Search for new features to install" > 3. Mark "Helios Discovery Site" and "The Eclipse Project Updates" > 4. Click Finish The Helios discovery site and 3.6 repository are in a modern format that is not understood by legacy update manager. If you contact a classic update site such as the following it will work: http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.4/ http://download.eclipse.org/releases/ganymede/
(In reply to comment #1) > The Helios discovery site and 3.6 repository are in a modern format that is not > understood by legacy update manager. If you contact a classic update site such > as the following it will work: > > http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.4/ > http://download.eclipse.org/releases/ganymede/ Yes, I read that on similar bugs for Helios M6, etc, but the question is why is the option still there, i.e., why having two menus, namely Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install... and Help -> Check for Updates, that won't work out of the box. David E. Narvaez
The option/menu items should be disabled by default (see Preferences > General > Capabilities > Classic Update). This functionality is intended to be removed in the next release of Eclipse but there are rules about removing so we have to wait a sufficient amount of time/releases after announcing the intention. There are also companies who have products built on top of Eclipse who still use the old mechanism and produce old-style update sites because their build processes have not yet been migrated to the new style.
