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+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #407775 +++ While we do some of this "manually", at the moment, I just happened across the code in p2 where this could be better fixed. (I was thinking I'd have to open a bug in Tycho, but in another context, they say they "delegate to p2" for publishing products ... ) Anyway, just by chance, looking for things related to eclipse.ini, I happened across EquinoxExecutableAction::computeInstallActions That is at least one place where install and uninstall data is put in the touch point. There it's clear that the "ln" (for MacOS) is put in the "install" but the link is not removed in the uninstall data.
Created attachment 247808 [details] patch to remove "link" before "cleanup", during uninstall
Created attachment 247809 [details] patch as above, but 'force:true" added for creation If it were up to me, I'd also add "force" to the link creation. This is in part because the problem was originally reported by an adopter, with an "installer" that "builds on" p2, and -- in some way that I do not understand -- a "left over" link was interfering with their installer completing normally. And, in part, because link-copy behavior on the Mac, differs on than on Linux, and I wonder if that's related to "the real" problem. (On linux, cp -r <directory> will copy the symbolic link. On the mac, the "link" gets turned into a "file" (from the little I have tested/looked at it). And, in part, because -- after all -- the link is pretty important. The chances of their being a "real" file or link there that does something different than we intend is just about 0, and ... if the link we intend is not created, then "eclipse won't work" and would likely be perceived as "our" fault.
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