[CB-11771] Installing plugin with symlink option pollutes original directory with intermediate files

• Type: Bug
• Status: Reopened
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.3.0
• Component/s: cordova-plugman
• Assignee: Martin Bektchiev
• Reporter: Martin Bektchiev
• Created: 26/Aug/16 11:30
• Updated: 14/Oct/16 01:56

Description

When installing a plugin with custom library using the --link option the whole directory is symlinked and temporary files leak into the original plugin directory on build. This leads to broken builds if the same plugin is linked in 2 projects targeting different Cordova versions.

Steps to reproduce:

• Clone https://github.com/Telerik-Verified-Plugins/Telerik-AppFeedback plugin (or any other with an embedded android library)
• Create 2 test projects with Cordova Android 4.1.1 and 5.2
• Install the plugin using the --link option of plugman in both projects
• Build the Cordova 5.2 project
• Attempt to build the Cordova 4.1.1 project - multiple java errors of the following kind are generated:

Unknown source file : Uncaught translation error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: already added: Landroid/support/v7/appcompat/R$dimen;

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #244
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #326
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #485