tycho-p2-repository-plugin fails with “No content specified for p2 repository”

Question

I am trying to build a p2 repository using Tycho and the tycho-p2-repository-plugin in an eclipse-repository packaging type. When I run the build, it is giving

Answer 1

I had this problem too, unfortunately it was one of many problems and I do not remember which thing I did to fix it.

Make sure you are using 0.14.1 of tycho.

My working version is a very empty pom.xml, much like Packaging Types

I have not needed to configure the eclipse-repository via tycho-p2-repository-plugin.

Do you have a valid target definition defined in your reactor build somewhere? Is your *.product file valid? The product file needs to be in the same directory as your eclipse-repository pom, I think it gets found via black magic.

Also make sure your product feature is separate from your eclipse-repository. under PDE builds you could have the *.product file and the with the feature that is the root for your product.