Bug#348584: eclipse-jdt: Won't start without 'eclipse' package

[Michael Koch]

tag 348584 confirmed pending
thanks

On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 03:36:38PM -0500, Adrian Irving-Beer wrote:
> Package: eclipse-jdt
> Version: 3.1.1-8
> Severity: normal
> 
> With only the 'eclipse-jdt' package installed, I cannot run 'eclipse';
> I get the attached logfile.  It appears to be an issue with the
> initial configurator.
> 
> Since 'eclipse-jdt' is described as "JDT provides a whole Java IDE," I
> incorrectly assumed this was the package I wanted rather than the
> entire Eclipse framework.  The fact that /usr/bin/eclipse existed made
> me think I had a complete (but broken) installation.
> 
> Given that I now find that /usr/bin/eclipse is provided by
> 'eclipse-platform-common', I find it somewhat odd that it appears
> unusable unless the top-level 'eclipse' package is installed.
> (For that matter, I though 'eclipse' was just a metapackage, too.)
> 
> Is this a real error, or just an error in my assumptions?

Thats a packaging inconsistency. Thanks for reporting it. We fixed it in
pkg-java CVS. This fix will be included in the next upload of eclipse,
3.1.2-1.


Cheers,
Michael
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