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Build Identifier: M20100211-1343 Description :- To Duplicate: 1) Install a fresh instance of eclipse 3.5 and Tomcat 6. 2) Run eclipse 3.5 on your workstation and select the Help -> Install New Software menu option. 3) Click on the Add... button. When the Add Site box pops up, click the Archive... button. 4) Traverse to the DD_5.1.0.14_201008241400.jar file and click the Open button 5) Now you are back to the Add Site popup box. IMPORTANT: DO NOT type anything in the Name: box! 6) Now press the Ok button to close the Add Site popup box. 7) You should see DD_5.1.0.14_201008241400.jar listed in the Name column of the Install popup box. IMPORTANT: DO NOT select it yet! 8) Wait approximately 4 seconds and BOOM! It disappears from the list. Reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1.Install a fresh instance of eclipse 3.5 2.Run eclipse 3.5 on your workstation and select the Help -> Install New Software menu option. 3.Click on the Add button. When the Add Site box pops up, click the Archive file to install and traverse to the archive file say software.jar, and click Open button. 4.Now you are back to the Add Site pop-up box and the location text-box is filled for you. IMPORTANT: DO NOT type anything in the Name: box! 4.Now press the Ok button to close the Add Site pop-up box. 7) You should see software.jar listed in the Name column of the available software box. IMPORTANT: DO NOT select it yet! 8) Wait approximately 4 seconds and it disappears from the list. NOTE: This occurs only once with a fresh install of Eclipse 3.5. If you try to add new archive site again, it works. You need a fresh install of Eclipse 3.5 to reproduce the problem.
(In reply to comment #0) > You need a fresh install of Eclipse 3.5 to reproduce the problem. So this is not a problem in 3.6?
No. It is an eclipse 3.5 bug.
This is a wellknown issue in 3.5 that has been fixed in 3.6. It can't be backported to 3.5. Closing as wontfix.
