As mentioned in the title, when I build an Eclipse RCP Application, can I place some plug-ins in the dropins folder ?
Or I could only manually place some plug-ins in the dropins folder after the building is complete ?
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The dropins folder is just a temporary location for plug-ins that the Eclipse p2 update system will look at to find new plug-ins to install in the main plugins folder. You can't put anything there during a build.
dropins is intended as a last resort way of installing new plugins - ideally new plug-ins should be installed using "Install New Software" from a properly built update site or repository so dependencies can be checked properly.
Note that if your RCP doesn't include the p2 update system none of this will work.
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