After debugging, I'm not sure I do understand how this works. Does the FeaturesServiceImpl#findBundlesToRefresh() method only work on the newly installed feature set? I thought it helps me refreshing already installed bundles/features.
> I will try to debug into this also, > Jira Issue KARAF-312, does tell how to reproduce this. > >> I can try to investigate if you raise a JIRA and add the steps to reproduce >> ... >> >> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 11:13, Achim Nierbeck <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Ok, >>> >>> this was exactly what I was expecting from the behavior. >>> Now with a concrete example. Working on Pax-Web, one of the bundles >>> has an optional dependency to eventadmin service packages. >>> Now the eventadmin service feature is deployed after the pax-web stuff. >>> I do get an exception since the bundle that declared those packages as >>> optional dependencies wasn't refreshed, but the service tracker already >>> worked :( >>> >>> Thanks, Achim >>> >>>> So the features service tries to find out which bundles are to be >>>> refreshed. >>>> This is done by checking all bundles previously installed (note that >>>> if you install several features, even including dependencies, bundles >>>> should only be resolved at the end, so it only considers bundles that >>>> were installed before the installation of the current features) for >>>> optional packages that could be refreshed or new fragments. >>>> The code is in FeaturesServiceImpl#findBundlesToRefresh() if you want >>>> to have a look. >>>> There are certainly some possible enhancements here, as it basically >>>> try to do a poor-man's resolution (or at least try to check if >>>> fragment's host and packages can be matched ...) I guess ideally, >>>> we'd do a fake resolution, and this might become possible with the >>>> next OBR generation, but not really now. >>>> >>>> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 21:36, Achim Nierbeck <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> how does the refresh mechanism work for features? >>>>> For example you have a features A deployed and deploy another features B. >>>>> I sometimes see that certain bundles of features A are refreshed. How is >>>>> this >>>>> accomplished? How am I able to trigger something like this? >>>>> >>>>> Greetings, Achim >>>>> >>
