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PDE development: How to find out where a plugin from my target platform originates from?

In my eclipse project I have set a target platform via target definition file.

I've noticed that a specific plug-in is present in two different versions: 1.7.9 and 1.7.2. I checked this by doing "Window -> Show View -> Plug-in Development -> Target Platform State" and search for the plug-in name.

Both versions appear and they are located in .metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.pde.core\.bundle_pool\plugins

I want to get rid of 1.7.2, but when I open the target definition file it does only refer to the 1.7.9 version:

<unit id="slf4j.api" version="1.7.9"/>

How can I find out where the plug-in originates from, in order to get rid of it?

Solution

  • Use version="0.0.0" which say use the latest version of the plug-in available. See this bug and explanation here

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    "content.xml" and "artifacts.xml" contain metadata for the exported files.

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