Symlinks under RTC 4.0 M5 Windows 7 problem
Hello,
I've tried the new symbolic link support for windows 7 in RTC 4.0 M5, but was not really successful.
I've installed the 4.0m5 eclipse client via web installer on windows 7 professional 64bit. When I now try to load a repository workspace which contains symbolic links, I get to following error dialog:
And the following error in the workspace/.metadata/.log file:
I googled a bit around and found the following, two year old article https://jazz.net/library/article/363/ stating I should use JDK 7. And yes, this was the solution, everything works. But I am not really happy with this, because we just do not want to use simple eclipse but a full blown RSA, and I am pretty sure IBM will not support jdk7 for this plattforms.
Also the "New and Noteworthy" or "release notes" for 4.0m5 do not mention the jdk 7 dependency, so is this a known "feature" or a special bug to my environment (which is everything else than special)?
I've tried the new symbolic link support for windows 7 in RTC 4.0 M5, but was not really successful.
I've installed the 4.0m5 eclipse client via web installer on windows 7 professional 64bit. When I now try to load a repository workspace which contains symbolic links, I get to following error dialog:
Unable to create symbolic link /Testproject/SimpleLinkRootFile.txt to RootFile.txt because the underlying platform does not support symbolic links
And the following error in the workspace/.metadata/.log file:
!MESSAGE Status WARNING: com.ibm.team.filesystem.client code=0 Problem detected: your filesystem supports symlinks but you are missing the RTC support for them null
I googled a bit around and found the following, two year old article https://jazz.net/library/article/363/ stating I should use JDK 7. And yes, this was the solution, everything works. But I am not really happy with this, because we just do not want to use simple eclipse but a full blown RSA, and I am pretty sure IBM will not support jdk7 for this plattforms.
Also the "New and Noteworthy" or "release notes" for 4.0m5 do not mention the jdk 7 dependency, so is this a known "feature" or a special bug to my environment (which is everything else than special)?
2 answers
Symbolic links are working for me with RTC-4.0M5 on a Windows 7 64-bit
machine. I'm using RTC-4.0M5 client, which comes with jdk-6, not jdk-7.
Did you install the version of Eclipse that comes with the RTC-4.0M5
Eclipse client, or did you install the RTC-4.0M5 plug-in into your own
Eclipse instance?
Cheers,
Geoff
On 12/14/2011 8:38 AM, sho wrote:
machine. I'm using RTC-4.0M5 client, which comes with jdk-6, not jdk-7.
Did you install the version of Eclipse that comes with the RTC-4.0M5
Eclipse client, or did you install the RTC-4.0M5 plug-in into your own
Eclipse instance?
Cheers,
Geoff
On 12/14/2011 8:38 AM, sho wrote:
Hello,
I've tried the new symbolic link support for windows 7 in RTC 4.0 M5,
but was not really successful.
I've installed the 4.0m5 eclipse client via web installer on windows 7
professional 64bit. When I now try to load a repository workspace
which contains symbolic links, I get to following error dialog:
Unable to create symbolic link
/Testproject/SimpleLinkRootFile.txt to RootFile.txt because the
underlying platform does not support symbolic
links
And the following error in the workspace/.metadata/.log file:!MESSAGE Status WARNING:
com.ibm.team.filesystem.client code=0 Problem detected: your
filesystem supports symlinks but you are missing the RTC support for
them null
I googled a bit around and found the following, two year old article
https://jazz.net/library/article/363/ stating I should use JDK 7. And
yes, this was the solution, everything works. But I am not really
happy with this, because we just do not want to use simple eclipse
but a full blown RSA, and I am pretty sure IBM will not support jdk7
for this plattforms.
Also the "New and Noteworthy" or "release notes"
for 4.0m5 do not mention the jdk 7 dependency, so is this a known
"feature" or a special bug to my environment (which is
everything else than special)?
I've did a fresh install with the web installer, no specials, no existing eclipse instance. The System does not have any other IBM Installer Software. As I have just learned, my Windows is Enterprise version, not professional...
Stefan
Stefan
Symbolic links are working for me with RTC-4.0M5 on a Windows 7 64-bit
machine. I'm using RTC-4.0M5 client, which comes with jdk-6, not jdk-7.
Did you install the version of Eclipse that comes with the RTC-4.0M5
Eclipse client, or did you install the RTC-4.0M5 plug-in into your own
Eclipse instance?
Cheers,
Geoff
On 12/14/2011 8:38 AM, sho wrote:
Hello,
I've tried the new symbolic link support for windows 7 in RTC 4.0 M5,
but was not really successful.
I've installed the 4.0m5 eclipse client via web installer on windows 7
professional 64bit. When I now try to load a repository workspace
which contains symbolic links, I get to following error dialog:
Unable to create symbolic link
/Testproject/SimpleLinkRootFile.txt to RootFile.txt because the
underlying platform does not support symbolic
links
And the following error in the workspace/.metadata/.log file:!MESSAGE Status WARNING:
com.ibm.team.filesystem.client code=0 Problem detected: your
filesystem supports symlinks but you are missing the RTC support for
them null
I googled a bit around and found the following, two year old article
https://jazz.net/library/article/363/ stating I should use JDK 7. And
yes, this was the solution, everything works. But I am not really
happy with this, because we just do not want to use simple eclipse
but a full blown RSA, and I am pretty sure IBM will not support jdk7
for this plattforms.
Also the "New and Noteworthy" or "release notes"
for 4.0m5 do not mention the jdk 7 dependency, so is this a known
"feature" or a special bug to my environment (which is
everything else than special)?