verified btw ... no idea why it's failing now. yay for osgi.
On Jun 19, 2009, at 7:15 AM, Rudolf B. Blažek wrote:
> Dear Q, forgive me, if my reply is too long:
>
>
> Here is what fails:
>
> 1) Install Eclipse 3.4.2 into e.g. /Developer/Applications/eclipse
> 2) Change the ownership of the install folder to root:admin
> chown -R root:admin /Developer/Applications/eclipse
> 3) Start Eclipse as a non-admin user
> At this point Eclipse works OK. It will use ~/.eclipse/ for user-
> based config files
> 4) Install WOLips using the Software Manager in Eclipse
> Eclipse will fail to start when restarted at the end of the
> installation of WOLips
>
> Here is what works:
>
> 1) Install Eclipse 3.4.2 into e.g. /Developer/Applications/eclipse
> 2) Change the ownership of the install folder to your account (non-
> admin joeuser)
> chown -R joeuser:joeuser /Developer/Applications/eclipse
> 3) Start Eclipse as joeuser
> 4) Install WOLips using the Software Manager in Eclipse
> At this point Eclipse works OK.
> It will NEVER use ~/.eclipse/ for user-based config files.
> The folder ~/.eclipse/ is not even created.
>
> Thanks for trying to reproduce this. I appreciate it.
>
> Best regards
> Rudy
>
>
>
> On Jun 19, 2009, at 2:47 PM, Q wrote:
>
>>
>> On 19/06/2009, at 4:32 PM, Rudolf B. Blažek wrote:
>>
>>> That is the point --- it does NOT work with 3.4.2
>>
>> Ok, just verifying that when 3.4.2 is installed manually (as
>> opposed to using the AIO installer) it still fails.
>>
>> I will try to reproduce the problem when I get a chance.
>>
>>> On Jun 19, 2009, at 2:06 PM, Q wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 19/06/2009, at 2:59 PM, Rudolf B. Blažek wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> B) If several users need to use Eclipse with WOLips, use Eclipse
>>>>> 3.4.1
>>>>> --- Install Eclipse 3.4.1 into e.g. /Developer/Applications/
>>>>> eclipse
>>>>> --- Change the ownership of the install folder to root:admin
>>>>> chown -R root:admin /Developer/Applications/eclipse
>>>>> --- Install WOLips using the Software Manager in Eclipse
>>>>> --- Eclipse 3.4.1 will use the ~/.eclipse folder correctly, AFAIK
>>>>
>>>> Does this technique not work with 3.4.2?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Seeya...Q
>>>>
>>>> Quinton Dolan - qdola..mail.com
>>>> Gold Coast, QLD, Australia (GMT+10)
>>>> Ph: +61 419 729 806
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Seeya...Q
>>
>> Quinton Dolan - qdola..mail.com
>> Gold Coast, QLD, Australia (GMT+10)
>> Ph: +61 419 729 806
>>
>>
>>
>
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