Ubuntu
eclipse package

installs broken symlinks

Bug #471859 reported by Peter Cordes
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
eclipse (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Niels Thykier

Bug Description

Binary package hint: eclipse-platform

found with cruft(8). demonstrated as follows. up-to-date Karmic, with no broken dependencies and debsums -ac happy about every package.

peter@tesla:~$ find -L $(dpkg -L eclipse-platform) -maxdepth 0 -type l -ls
29743591 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 146 Oct 31 15:44 /usr/lib/eclipse/features/org.eclipse.platform.source_3.5.1.R35x_v20090910-9lEeG9OFtY8dO6SPxmI7z0ZuZBD-lz08RfIkCCB/eclipse_update_120.jpg -> ../../../../share/eclipse/features/org.eclipse.platform.source_3.5.1.R35x_v20090910-9lEeG9OFtY8dO6SPxmI7z0ZuZBD-lz08RfIkCCB/eclipse_update_120.jpg
33682653 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 139 Oct 31 15:44 /usr/lib/eclipse/features/org.eclipse.platform_3.5.1.R35x_v20090910-9lEeG9OFtY8dO6SPxmI7z0ZuZBD-lz08RfIkCCB/eclipse_update_120.jpg -> ../../../../share/eclipse/features/org.eclipse.platform_3.5.1.R35x_v20090910-9lEeG9OFtY8dO6SPxmI7z0ZuZBD-lz08RfIkCCB/eclipse_update_120.jpg
38086781 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 140 Oct 31 15:44 /usr/lib/eclipse/features/org.eclipse.sdk_3.5.1.R35x_v20090811-7Q7bAIAva_6wc1RFNGQu2H2gbqVdyA0fsSRF25z0RYUth/eclipse_update_120.jpg -> ../../../../share/eclipse/features/org.eclipse.sdk_3.5.1.R35x_v20090811-7Q7bAIAva_6wc1RFNGQu2H2gbqVdyA0fsSRF25z0RYUth/eclipse_update_120.jpg

It appears that the symlink targets have a typo or and old version in the id-code part of the path. (found by seeing when tab-completion would kick in, pressing left-arrow, tab repeatedly :)
../../../../share/eclipse/features/org.eclipse.platform.source_3.5.1.R35x_v20090910-9lEeG9OFtY8dO6SPxmI7z0ZuZBD-lz08RfIkCCB/eclipse_update_120.jpg
should be (note the 7z0 -> 7v)
../../../../share/eclipse/features/org.eclipse.platform.source_3.5.1.R35x_v20090910-9lEeG9OFtY8dO6SPxmI7vZuZBD-lz08MfIkCCB/eclipse_update_120.jpg

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lp:ubuntu/lucid/eclipse
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Peter Cordes (peter-cordes) wrote :

The find output is pretty much unreadable with line wrapping. I wondered how that would come out :/
forgot to include my version:
ii eclipse-platform 3.5.1+repack~1-0ubuntu3 Eclipse platform without plug-ins to develop any language

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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote :

We use following command to create the links on build time: http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-java/eclipse.git;a=blob;f=debian/extra/imagemv.sh;h=4a831b98b67b4903173965ba1cfda08c34743be0;hb=HEAD

Can it be that a part of this directory differs from build to build?

Changed in eclipse (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
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Niels Thykier (niels-thykier) wrote :

Hi

I checked the i386 vs the amd64 eclipse-platform packages and it does appear to confirm your guess, Benjamin. Guess we will have to "rename" the target.

Thanks for the heads up, Peter.

~Niels

Changed in eclipse (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Niels Thykier (niels-thykier)
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Niels Thykier (niels-thykier) wrote :

We have committed a fix for this problem in our repository[1] - this will be fixed with next upload to Ubuntu.

~Niels

[1]
http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-java/eclipse.git;a=commit;h=972c2d6e36ec277036833c83e1d6d415712b49a9
 -- and --
http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-java/eclipse.git;a=commit;h=d63c27dfae0cd8be6f26a8a78e663523cf897bd2

Changed in eclipse (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package eclipse - 3.5.1+repack~3-0ubuntu1

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eclipse (3.5.1+repack~3-0ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * Rebase to packaging from pkg-java/eclipse:
    + Stopped using special hacks and work arounds to find JVMs.
      (Closes: #353360)
      - This removes the need for ~/.eclipse/eclipserc (Closes: #402077)
      - This makes eclipse read eclipse.ini (Closes: #491334)
    + Moved the executable to eclipse-platform from eclipse.
      (Closes: #358594)
    + Put the osgi jar-files into its own separate package. (LP: #102717)
    + Added workaround for gtk problems. (Closes: #552480)
    + Added missing API references. (Closes: #376850)
    + Moved org.eclipse.ant.ui to eclipse-platform. (LP: #477944)
    + Added information about how to create the orig.tar.gz.
      (Closes: #505553)
    + Rewrote symlink script to handle folders that are renamed on different
      archs/builds. (LP: #471859)
    + Move eclipse.ini into /etc (LP: #43162)
  * Drop versioned dependency on libcommons-el-java, libjetty-java,
    libservlet2.4-java; they are not yet available in Ubuntu.
 -- Benjamin Drung <email address hidden> Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:48:17 +0100

Changed in eclipse (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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