Maven Tycho: How to Exclude eclipsec.exe in a product build? - maven

Question

I switched the build of our Eclipse RCP product from PDE-build to Maven Tycho. In addition to the main (branded) launcher executable, the product now includes the "eclipsec.exe" file. We would like to omit this console-based launcher from our product as it might confuse our customers. Is there a way to do that with Tycho?

Answer 1

I got this answer on the tycho-users list:
In your eclipse-repository project, assuming that you have a .product file, you can place another file in the same directory called .p2.inf
For the contents of your p2.inf file you can put a p2 touchpoint to remove the file:
instructions.configure=org.eclipse.equinox.p2.touchpoint.natives.remove(path:${installFolder}/eclipsec.exe);

Answer 2

I don't know how to solve with tycho directly, but you can achieve this with the maven-antrun-plugin. There's a little trick to get the deletion of the eclipsec.exe on the timely position.
You have to put the delete step between materialize and the archive goal of the p2-director-plugin. I put the delete step on the phase pre-integration-test and moved the archive step to the phase integration-test.
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>delete-eclipsec.exe</id>
<phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
<configuration>
<target>
<delete file="${project.build.directory}/products/<<your.product.id>>/win32/win32/x86/eclipsec.exe"/>
</target>
</configuration>
<goals>
<goal>run</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
<artifactId>tycho-p2-director-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${tycho-version}</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>materialize-products</id>
<goals>
<goal>materialize-products</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>archive-products</id>
<phase>integration-test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>archive-products</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
The result: No eclipsec.exe in the product.zip.
Hope that helps.