Re: Felix OBR, bindex

[Peter Kriens <Pe...@aQute.biz>]

I wanted to fix  bindex but I now realize that this was not a bug in
bindex. The presentation name is only set when there is a name. The
only required field is the bundle symbolic name.

Sorry for the delay.

Kind regards,

     Peter Kriens
     
HM> Hello,
HM>  
HM> I am using the Felix RepositoryAdmin on equinox, which works really
HM> fine.
HM> To create my repository.xml I am using the bindex tool provided by Peter
HM> Kriens.
HM> I now ran into a problem which I am not really able to solve:
HM> I install the pax log4j bundle for using  log4j in my services. 
HM> This bundle exports the package org.apache.log4j.xml with a uses clause
HM> for
HM> javax.xml.parsers. The javax.xml.parsers package is also stated in the
HM> import-package clause.
HM> If I activate the bundle in equinox via the console everything is ok,
HM> equinox starts the bundle
HM> and states that javax.xml.parsers was found in the System Bundle.
HM> Now I want to install an apache-commons package, which has a dependency
HM> on log4j with the help
HM> of RepositoryAdmin.
HM> This fails in Resolver.resolve() as the Resolver dedects the unsatisfied
HM> requirement javax.xml.parsers
HM> for the pax log4j bundle.
HM> Of course my repository.xml has no entry for javax.xml.parsers and my
HM> bundle repository does not have the jar file.
HM> Can someone please guide me in the right direction how to solve this
HM> problem?
HM>  
HM> Another thing I encountered when using the bindex tool was the
HM> following:
HM> I am also using maven and therefore I want to use the maven repo as
HM> bundle repository.
HM> Of course not all jar files in the maven repo are OSGi bundles.
HM> When bindex generates the repository.xml it adds entries like
HM>  
HM> <resource id='28' symbolicname='Untitled-534725839' uri='xxx.jar'
version='0.0.0'>>
HM>  
HM> for all non OSGi bundles to the repository.xml.
HM> When initializing the RepositoryAdmin with this repository.xml the
HM> process fails with a NullPointerException as the resource is
HM> missing a presentationname attribute, which is used in the felix
HM> ResourceComparator.
HM> Can I alter this behaviour(bindex or felix obr) somehow via settings or
HM> do I have to change the code?
HM>  
HM> Thanks a lot in advance for any help,
HM>  
HM> michael
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