Bug#587657: locally installed plugins aren't loaded

[Borden Rhodes]

Is this bug still being worked on?  I don't know if I have the same
cause but I have the same symptoms.  I got a new computer, installed
Eclipse, moved my ~/.eclipse folder over to the machine and, same as
the initial bug report, the local plug-ins show up in "Installed
Software" they're not accessible in Eclipse.  If I wipe ~/.eclipse and
start fresh, I can reinstall the plug-ins but this is pretty
inconvenient since I have quite a few and configured just the way I
want them.

I'm using Eclipse 3.5.2-9 (Wheezy) on a 64-bit processor (which may be
relevant since my old laptop was a 32-bit system...)

With thanks!