Preference recorder and Install/Update > Automatic Updates creates strange keys and doesn't seem to work.

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Jim Mayer

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Mar 26, 2013, 3:40:26 PM3/26/13
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I was trying to use the preference recorder to set the Install/Update > Automatic Updates setting.  I've tried this on Juno and Juno-SR2 with similar results.  I'm using Workspace Mechanic version 0.3.4.

There are two issues:

(1) The generated file contains absolute path names instead of "/instance" style references.
(2) Loading the preference does not restore the setting.
(3) I tried manually changing the file to reference "/instance/org.eclipse.XXX", but that didn't work either.
(4) Other preferences are recorded "normally" and seem to work OK.

Here's the generated file:

# @title Automatic Update Settings
# @description Tell eclipse to check for updates automatically.
# @task_type LASTMOD
#
# Created by the Workspace Mechanic Preference Recorder
#Tue Mar 26 08:41:03 GMT-05:00 2013
/profile/file\:\:\\2fopt\\2feclipse-configuration\\2fjmayer-juno-sr2-32bit\\2feclipse\\2fconfiguration\\2f..\\2fp2\\2f/_SELF_/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui.sdk.scheduler/hour=1\:00 AM
file_export_version=3.0
/profile/file\:\:\\2fopt\\2feclipse-configuration\\2fjmayer-juno-sr2-32bit\\2feclipse\\2fconfiguration\\2f..\\2fp2\\2f/_SELF_/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui.sdk.scheduler/day=Every day
/profile/file\:\:\\2fopt\\2feclipse-configuration\\2fjmayer-juno-sr2-32bit\\2feclipse\\2fconfiguration\\2f..\\2fp2\\2f/_SELF_/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui.sdk.scheduler/enabled=true

Is this expected behavior or a known bug?  Something peculiar to the way that "p2" stores its setting? I couldn't find any references to the problem.

Thanks.

Jim Mayer

Terry Parker

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Apr 19, 2013, 6:56:29 PM4/19/13
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The automatic update preferences are not stored as workspace preferences, but rather in the profile/installation in p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/profileRegistry/SDKProfile.profile/.data/.settings/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui.sdk.scheduler.prefs.  Sounds like a special case that the Workspace Mechanic could handle but doesn't right now, or something that is out of scope because it is a profile preference.  Consider filing a bug on it.

--Terry



Jim Mayer

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