I-build test failure since I20240924-1810: Unable to find plug-in: org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.cocoa.macosx_0.0.0

[HannesWell]

Currently multiple I-build tests of PDE fail with a message like
https://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/I20240924-1810/testresults/html/org.eclipse.pde.build.tests_ep434I-unit-macM1-java17_macosx.cocoa.aarch64_17.html

This is probably related to eclipse-equinox/equinox#622.

The following error occurred while executing this line: /Users/genie.releng/workspace/AutomatedTests/ep434I-unit-macM1-java17/workarea/I20240927-0430/eclipse-testing/test-eclipse/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.pde.build_3.12.600.v20240908-2035/scripts/productBuild/productBuild.xml:72: Unable to find plug-in: org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.cocoa.macosx_0.0.0. Please check the error log for more details.

/Users/genie.releng/workspace/AutomatedTests/ep434I-unit-macM1-java17/workarea/I20240927-0430/eclipse-testing/test-eclipse/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.pde.build_3.12.600.v20240908-2035/scripts/productBuild/productBuild.xml:42: The following error occurred while executing this line:
/Users/genie.releng/workspace/AutomatedTests/ep434I-unit-macM1-java17/workarea/I20240927-0430/eclipse-testing/test-eclipse/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.pde.build_3.12.600.v20240908-2035/scripts/productBuild/productBuild.xml:72: Unable to find plug-in: org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.cocoa.macosx_0.0.0. Please check the error log for more details.
at org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.addLocationToBuildException(ProjectHelper.java:582)
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Ant.execute(Ant.java:440)
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.CallTarget.execute(CallTarget.java:106)
at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:299)
at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor171.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568)
at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:99)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:350)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:449)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:470)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1401)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1374)
at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExecutor.java:41)
at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.EclipseDefaultExecutor.executeTargets(EclipseDefaultExecutor.java:34)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1264)
at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.InternalAntRunner.run(InternalAntRunner.java:714)
at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.InternalAntRunner.run(InternalAntRunner.java:571)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568)
at org.eclipse.ant.core.AntRunner.run(AntRunner.java:506)
at org.eclipse.pde.build.tests.PDETestCase.runAntScript(PDETestCase.java:187)
at org.eclipse.pde.build.tests.PDETestCase.runAntScript(PDETestCase.java:179)
at org.eclipse.pde.build.tests.PDETestCase.runProductBuild(PDETestCase.java:165)
at org.eclipse.pde.build.internal.tests.p2.P2Tests.testBug255518(P2Tests.java:396)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568)
Caused by: /Users/genie.releng/workspace/AutomatedTests/ep434I-unit-macM1-java17/workarea/I20240927-0430/eclipse-testing/test-eclipse/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.pde.build_3.12.600.v20240908-2035/scripts/productBuild/productBuild.xml:72: Unable to find plug-in: org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.cocoa.macosx_0.0.0. Please check the error log for more details.
at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.tasks.FeatureGeneratorTask.execute(FeatureGeneratorTask.java:47)
at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:299)
at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor171.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568)
at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:99)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:350)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:449)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:470)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1401)
at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.SingleCheckExecutor.executeTargets(SingleCheckExecutor.java:36)
at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.EclipseSingleCheckExecutor.executeTargets(EclipseSingleCheckExecutor.java:32)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1264)
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Ant.execute(Ant.java:437)
... 26 more
Caused by: org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException: Unable to find plug-in: org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.cocoa.macosx_0.0.0. Please check the error log for more details.
at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.FeatureGenerator.createFeature(FeatureGenerator.java:456)
at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.FeatureGenerator.generate(FeatureGenerator.java:196)
at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.tasks.FeatureGeneratorTask.run(FeatureGeneratorTask.java:63)
at org.eclipse.pde.internal.build.tasks.FeatureGeneratorTask.execute(FeatureGeneratorTask.java:45)
... 39 more