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In my eclipse project I have set a target platform via target definition file.

I've noticed that a specific plug-in is present in two different versions: 1.7.9 and 1.7.2. I checked this by doing "Window -> Show View -> Plug-in Development -> Target Platform State" and search for the plug-in name.

Both versions appear and they are located in .metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.pde.core\.bundle_pool\plugins

I want to get rid of 1.7.2, but when I open the target definition file it does only refer to the 1.7.9 version:

<unit id="slf4j.api" version="1.7.9"/>

How can I find out where the plug-in originates from, in order to get rid of it?

Michael S
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Use version="0.0.0" which say use the latest version of the plug-in available. See this bug and explanation here

About content.jar / content.xml

"content.xml" and "artifacts.xml" contain metadata for the exported files.

Read p2 concepts section in the blog p2 updates for Eclipse RCP applications for more details.

Check these links

Chandrayya G K
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  • Hi, thanks for the answer. It's not exactly what I want. I rather want to prevent that any updatesite or other mechanism is providing the older version of the plugin. And I can't find which updatesite is providing the plugin. So how can I find out? – Michael S Apr 08 '15 at 15:01
  • post your target file.If not possible visit repository in browser download content.jar unzip it then in the content.xml file search your plugin, do this for all your repos in target file – Chandrayya G K Apr 08 '15 at 15:35
  • Thanks. Your comment actually was the answer I was seeking for. – Michael S May 20 '15 at 16:19
  • Would you mind to edit you question to include the essence about content.jar / content.xml - then I would be happy to accept the answer. – Michael S May 21 '15 at 13:39
  • @MichaelS edited my answer please check. Accept if it is OK else edit your question. – Chandrayya G K May 28 '15 at 12:41