Thanks a lot Paul for your insight on this. I get a clear picture on how P2
director works now with your examples :)

Regards,
Dileepa

On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 7:41 PM, Paul Webster
<[email protected]>wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 5:31 AM, Dileepa Jayakody <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Can someone give some help on this please?
>> I  would like to know how P2-Director finds the bundles.info file to
>> update during a feature installation.
>>
>
> The bundles.info is in the simpleconfigurator config data location, and I
> don't see how the director can update it unless it is updating its own
> install.  If anything, it would be tied to the -destination argument, not
> the -profile one.
>
> I don't believe you can have multiple profiles within one configuration
> area, as you need one configuration area to completely launch one eclipse
> application.
>
> You could, however, create a shared bundle pool and multiple contained
> target areas:
>
>
> $ECLIPSE372 -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director \
> -noSplash -bundlepool /opt/local/eclipse/dirExp/eclipse \
> -shared /opt/local/eclipse/dirExp/eclipse/p2 \
>
> -destination /opt/local/eclipse/dirExp/eclipse/win32_win32_x86 \
> -profile SDKProfile_win32_win32_x86 \
> -profileProperties org.eclipse.update.install.features=true \
> -p2.os win32 -p2.ws win32 -p2.arch x86 -roaming \
>
> -repository file:///opt/local/eclipse/dirExp/eclipseRepo \
> -installIUs org.eclipse.sdk.ide
>
> $ECLIPSE372 -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director \
> -noSplash -bundlepool /opt/local/eclipse/dirExp/eclipse \
> -shared /opt/local/eclipse/dirExp/eclipse/p2 -destination \
> /opt/local/eclipse/dirExp/eclipse/linux_gtk_x86_64 \
>
> -profile SDKProfile_linux_gtk_x86_64 \
> -profileProperties org.eclipse.update.install.features=true \
> -p2.os linux -p2.ws gtk -p2.arch x86_64 -roaming \
> -repository file:///opt/local/eclipse/dirExp/eclipseRepo \
>
> -installIUs org.eclipse.sdk.ide
>
>
>
> --
> Paul Webster
> Hi floor.  Make me a sammich! - GIR
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