can't build update site using tycho when use root.folder

Question

I'm trying to build an update site using tycho. This update site includes one feature. When I tried to build the update site it was built successfully.

But in the feature I want a certain file to be exist inside the eclipse root after installation of this update site.

So I wrote this in the build.properties file in the feature:

root.folder.try = file:try.exe

But it gave me a build error.

I packaged the update site using eclipse-repository and the feature using eclipse-feature.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 02 '14 at 11:20

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The build.properties entry root.folder is not supported. However you easily get the same effect with the an root entry:

Create the folder you want in the installation as folder in your sources (in your example try/)
Move the file you want to have included into that folder (in your example try.exe)
Create a root build.properties entry which includes the folder. Example
```
root=try
```

When installing the feature that has the build.properties into an Eclipse installation, the try/try.exe will be automatically installed.

answered Sep 02 '14 at 11:20

oberlies

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Can you get try.exe in the Eclipse root this way? – Pawel Pogorzelski Sep 02 '14 at 12:02
@PawelPogorzelski: Yes, this is possible in principle, but not what is being asked for here. – oberlies Sep 02 '14 at 12:21
Indeed, looks like "root" entry supports both scenarios. +1 – Pawel Pogorzelski Sep 02 '14 at 12:33

can't build update site using tycho when use root.folder

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