Re: Update on eclipse 3.7
On 2011-08-05 13:40, Niels Thykier wrote:
> Hi
>
> This email is BCC'ed to #631061 and #631382; please consider following
> up to d-java@l.d.o as it makes coordination easier.
>
> I have managed to successfully compile eclipse 3.7 using part of the
> debian packaging I just pushed to the git repository[1]. There are at
> least six issues atm.
>
> First off, my build did not use any of the patches in d/patches.
> Hopefully it means most of them are redundant, but more likely it means
> something will break.
> Note: Some of these patches may require
> eclipse-build-generatedScripts.tar.bz2 to be updated. If the build
> fails horribly after applying a refreshed patch due to "missing classes"
> or "cannot find package", you probably hit one of those cases.
>
> Secondly, upstream commented out a couple of architecture support
> patches in the upstream build.xml. As I recall the argument was they
> did not apply cleanly, so they need to be refreshed as well.
>
This one has been applied upstream[1].
[1]
http://git.eclipse.org/c/linuxtools/org.eclipse.linuxtools.eclipse-build.git/commit/?id=fff4c2c133d9fb2241533ae09f9a1add84844e84
> Third, the "eclipse-build-generatedScripts.tar.bz2" in the upstream
> git does not work for us. I have deviced a functional version for
> Debian at [2].
>
> Four, there are some zip/pre-compiled crap in the upstream sources we
> need to get removed. Most of it will probably be fixed with refreshing
> the Debian patches and just removing the left overs, but we need to
> double check this.
>
> Five, we need some upstream tarballs (my builds were done with -b).
> But we generally need to deal with item four first.
>
> Six, the upstream branch (merged into master as well) is some older
> version of eclipse (I think 3.6.2, but I could be wrong). This is
> trivially fixable once we got some clean tarballs from item five.
>
> If you would like to help with any of those, feel free to claim a task
> and work on it. Alternatively, there are some upstream bugs that we
> could really benefit from, if they were fixed (see [3] for more info).
>
> Caveat: If you work on any of these tasks, you must be ready to send a
> patch upstream. Upstream only accepts patches from the original author
> and only via their BTS. It is a part of their "IP Cleanness" strategy
> and they do not make exceptions!
>
>
> Getting some working sources:
>
> $ # Fetch eclipse-3.7.0-src.tar.bz2 from
> http://download.eclipse.org/technology/linuxtools/eclipse-build/3.7.x_Indigo/
> $ git clone git://anonscm.debian.org/pkg-java/eclipse.git
> $ tar xjf eclipse-3.7.0-src.tar.bz2
> $ git clone \
> http://git.eclipse.org/c/linuxtools/org.eclipse.linuxtools.eclipse-build.git/
> e-b
> $ cd e-b/eclipse-build
> $ ln -s ../eclipse-build-config .
> $ ln -s ../eclipse-build-feature .
> $ mv ../../eclipse-3.7.0-src eclipse
> $ cp -r ../../eclipse/debian/ .
I forgot to add two lines here:
$ # open nonosgidependencies.properties and comment out
# ant-testuitl.jar line
$ wget
http://people.debian.org/~nthykier/eclipse-build-generatedScripts.tar.bz2
> $ # install B-D from d/control and dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b
> # should work up to dh_install that will fail due to a missing
> # manpage carried on one of our patches.
>
> Help is much appreciated and questions are welcome, happy hacking.
> ~Niels
>
> [1] http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-java/eclipse.git;a=summary
> master branch
>
> [2]
> http://people.debian.org/~nthykier/eclipse-build-generatedScripts.tar.bz2
>
> [3] Upstream bugs that needs fixing (eclipse 3.7):
> - Better support for shared read-only installs (#587657)
> - https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=351485
> - This bug is really a pain; cost two t-p-u for Squeeze
> - Default update site list blank in shared install
> - https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=249133
> - patches welcome (see comment #25)
>
>
~Niels
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