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Bug 338302 - Eclipse.ini ignored on Mac with case-sensitive file system
Summary: Eclipse.ini ignored on Mac with case-sensitive file system
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 338310
Alias: None
Product: Equinox
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Launcher (show other bugs)
Version: 3.6.1   Edit
Hardware: Macintosh Mac OS X - Carbon (unsup.)
: P3 minor (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Project Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2011-02-26 06:19 EST by Ben Strawson CLA
Modified: 2011-02-28 09:28 EST (History)
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Description Ben Strawson CLA 2011-02-26 06:19:22 EST 
Build Identifier: 20110218-0911

I run Eclipse on a Mac with a case-sensitive filesystem. When I installed Helios, the eclipse.ini file was name "Eclipse.ini" (upper-case 'E'). However, after recently updating the file is being ignored and I couldn't start Eclipse (out of memory). I renamed the file to 'eclipse.ini' (lower-case 'E') and it now works fine.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use a Mac with case-sensitive file system option enabled. Suggestion: perhaps create a virtual disk on your normal disk with this option enabled since most Macs have case-insensitive file systems.
2. Ensure Eclipse.ini is named with upper-case 'E', as it was in the original Helios distribution.
3. Update with the latest updates.
4. Try to run Eclipse. Likely it will run out of memory as the default JVM allocation is 128m. I have a number of plugins installed that of course will use more memory than a default install.
Comment 1 Pascal Rapicault CLA 2011-02-28 09:28:47 EST 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 338310 ***