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Bug 342278 - P2 should create inventory cache on startup if not present
Summary: P2 should create inventory cache on startup if not present
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Equinox
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: p2 (show other bugs)
Version: 3.6.2   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: P2 Inbox CLA
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Whiteboard: stalebug
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Reported: 2011-04-08 08:52 EDT by Alex Blewitt CLA
Modified: 2019-11-14 02:11 EST (History)
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Description Alex Blewitt CLA 2011-04-08 08:52:53 EDT 
When an Eclipse application starts up, if it hasn't been installed with P2 then you get an error 'Cannot install software updates' message.

Instead of displaying this message, it would make sense if P2 created an inventory of what is available from the features\ and plugins\ directories, and created a simple view of what is installed in the current platform instead of complaining that it doesn't know what's there. After all, if the P2 tools are installed then it should be able to calculate this information.
Comment 1 Lars Vogel CLA 2019-11-14 02:11:54 EST 
This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.

If the bug is still relevant, please remove the "stalebug" whiteboard tag.