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Bug 358015 - Eclipse always creates a zombie workspace
Summary: Eclipse always creates a zombie workspace
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Resources (show other bugs)
Version: 3.7   Edit
Hardware: PC Linux
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform-Resources-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2011-09-18 04:46 EDT by Hansgeorg Schwibbe CLA
Modified: 2011-11-09 06:08 EST (History)
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Description Hansgeorg Schwibbe CLA 2011-09-18 04:46:56 EDT 
Build Identifier: 20110615-0604

I organize my workspaces with the following structure:
"/home/<user>/workspaces/workspaceX/projectX"

But I have allways a zombie workspace beside my workspaces in:
"/home/<user>/workspace"

I have never used the workspace in my home folder. When I remove it, it will be generated when I load another workspace.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Remove the workspace on your home folder
2. Create a workspace on a different workspace location
3. Create some projects in the workspace on the different workspace location
4. Change some settings
5. You have a zombie workspace under "/home/<user>/workspace"
Comment 1 Szymon Ptaszkiewicz CLA 2011-10-07 11:49:41 EDT 
Hansgeorg, can you please check if this zombie workspace is something more than just an empty folder or a folder with .metadata/.log file only?

Szymon, I saw a case where default workspace was created when p2.director could not resolve bundle dependencies and .log was created in default location to log an error. Unfortunately, no steps to reproduce on demand.
Comment 2 Hansgeorg Schwibbe CLA 2011-10-07 16:14:35 EDT 
Hello Szymon,

there is a .metadata folder containing a .plugins and .mylyn folder.

Best regards
Hansgeorg
Comment 3 Szymon Brandys CLA 2011-11-04 12:17:35 EDT 
(In reply to comment #2)
> Hello Szymon,
> 
> there is a .metadata folder containing a .plugins and .mylyn folder.
> 
> Best regards
> Hansgeorg

Could you use vanilla Eclipse (no Mylyn) and check, if the problem is still there?
Comment 4 Szymon Brandys CLA 2011-11-07 10:49:06 EST 
One of reasons could be "Preferences > Mylyn > Tasks > Advanced > Data directory" set to "/home/<user>/workspace". Could you check that?
Comment 5 Szymon Brandys CLA 2011-11-09 06:08:31 EST 
Marking WORKSFORME. Feel free to reopen, if you have reproducible steps.