No simple way to handle this...too many possibilities can become
burdensome.
Until we have a way to fix eclipse 3.4.2+, we should stick to what is
simple. Maybe provide a script to make some subtle changes if needed.
Thoughts?
-j
On Jun 19, 2009, at 8:21 PM, Rudolf B. Blažek wrote:
> On Jun 20, 2009, at 7:40 AM, David Avendasora wrote:
>
>>> I am often logging in as different users both wanting to use
>>> eclipse. This has caused problems for eclipse since 3.2. I
>>> solved the problem by each user having their own eclipse install
>>> in their home directory. e.g.,
>>>
>>> /Users/tim/Applications/eclipse
>>
>> Uhg. That must make updates and configuration incredibly painful
>> (redundant).
>>
>> Can't you give the staff group write privileges to the /
>> Applications/eclipse directory? Won't that let _any_ user use it.
>> Now, having two users simultaneously using eclipse would still be a
>> problem....
>
> If the Eclipse folder is writable, then all config info is stored
> inside it, i.e. ~/.eclipse is not used (it does not even get created
> in 3.4.2). The info includes the location of the workspace folder.
> That would be conflicting for two different users.
>
> Rudy
>
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