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Bug 322507 - On a read-only installation, installing two sets of features into ~/.eclipse make both unavailable
Summary: On a read-only installation, installing two sets of features into ~/.eclipse ...
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Equinox
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: p2 (show other bugs)
Version: 3.5.2   Edit
Hardware: PC Linux
: P3 major (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: P2 Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2010-08-12 07:34 EDT by Michel Alexandre Salim CLA
Modified: 2011-06-14 04:05 EDT (History)
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Description Michel Alexandre Salim CLA 2010-08-12 07:34:13 EDT 
Build Identifier: 20100218-1602

If the eclipse directory is read-only, user-installed features are installed in ~/.eclipse . This works fine the first time the user requests a set of features to be installed (after restarting, the feature(s) work), but after installing a second set of features, both are disabled.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Eclipse
2. Set installation to read-only (chmod -R u-w eclipse)
3. Try installing the following, wiping ~/.eclipse after each try
- Android ADT then Scala IDE
- Scala IDE then Android ADT
- Android ADT then PyDev
- PyDev then Android ADT
- Android ADT then Google Plugin for Eclipse
Comment 1 Remy Suen CLA 2010-08-12 07:46:39 EDT 
Issues and concerns about the provisioning system goes to Equinox/p2.
Comment 2 Pascal Rapicault CLA 2011-06-12 22:11:58 EDT 
I tested this in 3.7 and it works.
Comment 3 Michel Alexandre Salim CLA 2011-06-14 04:05:38 EDT 
Tested and confirmed working with 3.6.2 and 3.7.0 RC4 (both on x86_64)