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Update eclipse.ini using P2 [message #531338]

Tue, 04 May 2010 14:54

Marc Vachon

Messages: 8
Registered: April 2010

Junior Member

Hi,

I'm looking at using P2 to install/update Eclipse and a handful of plug-ins. Some of those plug-ins require the eclipse.ini file to be updated with -vm and -vmargs options. What's the best approach to update the ini file using P2?

Cheers,
Marc

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Re: Update eclipse.ini using P2 [message #540028 is a reply to message #531338]

Mon, 14 June 2010 16:00

Andrew Niefer

Messages: 990
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

You can use a p2.inf file to customize the p2 metadata generated for your bundle.

http://help.eclipse.org/helios/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse. platform.doc.isv/guide/p2_customizing_metadata.html
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox/p2/Customizing_Metadata
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox/p2/Engine/Touchpoint_Instruc tions

You want touchpoint instructions, the "addProgramArg" and "addJvmArg" add arguments to the eclipse.ini file. (You may also want removeProgramArg and removeJvmArg in the unconfigure or uninstall phase to remove the options when your plugin gets uninstalled or upgraded)

addJvmArg(jvmArg:-Xms40m);addJvmArg(jvmArg:-Xmx384m);
addProgramArg(programArg:-foo);addProgramArg(programArg:bar) ;

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