STS on Eclipse 3.6 - Helios

[Christian Dupuis]

Hi dew_the_fifth,

could you create a JIRA and attach some thread-dumps taking while STS/Eclipse freezes as you describe it? That would help narrowing down the actual issue.

Thanks for your help.

Christian

[dsklyut]

Christian,

Just pulled down 2.3.3.M2 and the problem still there. Will try to install into a clean workspace. And check back.

eclipse.buildId=2.3.3.201007151000-M2
java.version=1.6.0_20
java.vendor=Apple Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=macosx, ARCH=x86, WS=carbon, NL=en_US
Framework arguments:  -product com.springsource.sts.ide -keyring /Users/dsklyut/.eclipse_keyring -showlocation
Command-line arguments:  -os macosx -ws carbon -arch x86 -product com.springsource.sts.ide -keyring /Users/dsklyut/.eclipse_keyring -showlocation


Error
Fri Jul 16 15:51:41 EDT 2010
Errors running builder 'SpringSource Bundlor Builder' on project 'org.eclipse.virgo.web.core'.

java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.util.Hashtable.put(Hashtable.java:394)
at com.springsource.server.ide.bundlor.internal.core.BundlorProjectBuilder.generateManifest(BundlorProjectBuilder.java:572)
at com.springsource.server.ide.bundlor.internal.core.BundlorProjectBuilder.build(BundlorProjectBuilder.java:219)
at com.springsource.server.ide.bundlor.internal.core.BundlorProjectBuilder.build(BundlorProjectBuilder.java:156)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$2.run(BuildManager.java:629)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:172)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:203)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$1.run(BuildManager.java:255)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:258)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuildLoop(BuildManager.java:311)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.build(BuildManager.java:343)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.AutoBuildJob.doBuild(AutoBuildJob.java:144)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.AutoBuildJob.run(AutoBuildJob.java:242)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:54)

[mauromol]

Hi,
what is the correct update site to download STS 2.3.3 M2 directly into Helios?
I found the following, but does not work:
http://dist.springsource.com/release/TOOLS/update/e3.6
("no software site at...")

Thanks in advance.

[Christian Dupuis]

Hi mauromol,

I just updated the installation instructions available at http://dist.springsource.com/release...s-2.3.3.M2.pdf to contain a section about installing 2.3.3.M2 from the milestone update site.

HTH

Christian

[Christian Dupuis]

Hi Dimitry,

it seems like the fix didn't make into the M2 release. I've checked again and the fix should appear in tomorrow's nightly build.

You can get instructions about updating your M2 to the nightly snapshot at http://dist.springsource.com.s3.amaz...s-2.3.3.M2.pdf.

HTH

Christian

[ebresie]

I was attempting installed STS from Helios install and noticed in the instructions it talks about disabling all other update sites. This may be related to some of the other issues some have experiences during install.

My question is, is this temporary for only the STS install portion? Can I re-enable all the other updates after installed or is this done to avoid some kind of dependency issue/conflict?

Eric

[Christian Dupuis]

Eric,

you can definitely re-enable the Helios or Galileo update sites after installing STS. This is just a proactive measure to prevent any issue during install.

Christian

[dew_the_fifth]

Nobody really adressed my concerns, but I thought I might post the solution anyways.

It turns out that the issue wasn't with STS, but rather with Java 1.6u21. I blamed STS because everything worked until I installed it, but I was actually quite close to my maximum pergen space and STS was just pushing me over.

I was able to locate the problem because I had a working installation of eclipse 3.5 with STS installed at home that crashed on my work computer. By slowly changing the configuration of my work computer closer to that of my home computer I eventually found that using update 20 caused things to run correctly. I then I found an article discussing the problem located at http://aniefer.blogspot.com/2010/07/...clipse-on.html

Thanks everyone, and sorry for any false alarms I may have raised.

[Christian Dupuis]

Hi dew_the_fifth,

thanks for reporting back and sorry to hear that you were hit by this issue.

The STS 2.3.3.M2 bundles and installers prevent this issue as we already set the MaxPermGen size for months to a higher value.

Regards, Christian

[mauromol]

Hi mauromol,

I just updated the installation instructions available at http://dist.springsource.com/release...s-2.3.3.M2.pdf to contain a section about installing 2.3.3.M2 from the milestone update site.

Thank you Christian... although, let me say that this is going to be more complicated than it should be... :-(

Now the problem is that the bookmark XML file the guide tells to download (http://dist.springsource.com/milesto.../bookmarks.xml) is corrupted, because it has the following URL:
http://dist.springsource.com/milesto...S/nightly/e3.6
instead of:
http://dist.springsource.com/milesto...LS/update/e3.6
and the first link does not work in Eclipse ("no software site at...").

Thank you!
Mauro.