Bug#336453: eclipse-platform: feature.xml cannot be found

[Moritz Muehlenhoff]

Stephan Michels wrote:
> On 10/30/05, Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm at inutil.org> wrote:
> > Package: eclipse-platform
> > Version: 3.1.1-3
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > I can't install new extensions (features), I always get the error message
> > "Error creating feature
> > "file://usr/lib/eclipse/features/org.eclipse.platform \
> > .source_3.1.1
> > [/usr/lib/eclipse/features/org.eclipse.platform.source_3.1.1/feature.xml
> > (No such file or directory)
> 
> The file /usr/lib/eclipse/features/org.eclipse.platform.source_3.1.1/feature.xml
> should be installed by eclipse-platform-common package.

Which I have installed:

galadriel:~# dpkg --list | grep eclipse-platform-common
ii  eclipse-platform-common            3.1.1-3                       Eclipse platform without plug-ins to develop any language (commo
 
> $ ls -la /usr/share/eclipse/features/org.eclipse.platform_3.1.1/feature.xml
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 9633 2005-10-30 11:12
> /usr/share/eclipse/features/org.eclipse.platform_3.1.1/feature.xml

> Do you have the package eclipse-platform-common with the version
> 3.1.1-3 installed? Does the file exist?

Yes, it does:
galadriel:~# dpkg -L eclipse-platform-common | grep feature.xml
/usr/share/eclipse/features/org.eclipse.platform_3.1.1/feature.xml

But the error message above seems to indicate that feature.xml is searched
for in the wrong path:
/usr/lib/eclipse/features/org.eclipse.platform.source_3.1.1/feature.xml

Cheers,
        Moritz