soooo....what should we do here (at least for the binary instaler)?
Anyone?
Bueller?
We'd like to be careful about giving too many options, or doing to
much on a per-user basis...I suppose we could add a simple app/script
to change permissions, but it seems like more of an eclipse
thing...not sure if its wise to fight it.
-j
On Jun 19, 2009, at 8:12 AM, Mike Schrag wrote:
> 3.5 won't load them either, but with ZERO debug information. It
> shows that it knows they're there, but they just aren't activated.
> WTF.
>
> On Jun 19, 2009, at 7:52 AM, Mike Schrag wrote:
>
>> 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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