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what is the difference between eclipse Touchpoint Instruction Advices?

At this link there are eclipse touchpoint advices

https://help.eclipse.org/mars/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.isv%2Fguide%2Fp2_customizing_metadata.html

At the link there is :

instructions.{phase} = {raw actions}

Where {phase} is a p2 installation phase (collect, configure, install, uninstall, unconfigure, etc)

Here what is the difference between phases ?

Solution

  • The phase defines if and when an action is executed:

    • On install: collect → validate → install / initconfig → configure → verify
    • On update: collect → validate → update / migrate → configure → verify
    • On uninstall: validate → uninstall / unconfigure → verify

    See Eclipse Wiki - Equinox p2 Engine - Extra Notes