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Posted to user@ant.apache.org by Kris Henriksson <kt...@gmail.com> on 2013/10/19 22:44:01 UTC
Jar Task Manifest Attribute
Hello,
The documentation for the Jar task
(http://ant.apache.org/manual/Tasks/jar.html) indicates that the
manifest attribute can be set to "the name of a jar added through a
fileset". However, I can't get this to work, and can't find an example
of this usage anywhere. When I try, I get an error "Manifest is
invalid" and the output suggests that it is just reading in the jar
file as text and parsing it, which is of course invalid.
Can anyone provide me an example of this usage? Any help would be appreciated.
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Re: Jar Task Manifest Attribute
Posted by Kris Henriksson <kt...@gmail.com>.
Rob,
I'm not sure if there's any way I can use the manifest element to
obtain the manifest from a jar file, which is why I'm using the
manifest attribute.
The phrase "added through a fileset" is really not clear to me. Here's
an example of a build file that does not work, and uses the very
obvious interpretation:
<project name="Test_Jar" default="jar">
<target name="jar">
<jar destfile="jar1.jar">
<manifest>
<attribute name="Main-Class" value="com.example.MainClass"/>
</manifest>
</jar>
<jar destfile="jar2.jar" manifest="jar1.jar">
<fileset dir="." includes="jar1.jar"/>
</jar>
</target>
</project>
I don't actually have a manifest attribute like that in the real build
file. This is just for illustration purposes.
Kris
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Echlin, Robert
<Ro...@windriver.com> wrote:
> Hi Ken,
> Did you try both the manifest attribute and the manifest element?
> Can you give us a copy of your code, or a simplified version that "manifests" the same behavior?
>
> For one thing, that would let us see what exactly you tried in the code when you interpreted the ambiguous phrase "added through a fileset".
> <g>
>
> All my very best,
> Rob
>
> --
> Rob Echlin, Documentation Systems Architect, Wind River
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kris Henriksson [mailto:kthenriksson@gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 4:44 PM
> To: user@ant.apache.org
> Subject: Jar Task Manifest Attribute
>
> Hello,
>
> The documentation for the Jar task
> (http://ant.apache.org/manual/Tasks/jar.html) indicates that the manifest attribute can be set to "the name of a jar added through a fileset". However, I can't get this to work, and can't find an example of this usage anywhere. When I try, I get an error "Manifest is invalid" and the output suggests that it is just reading in the jar file as text and parsing it, which is of course invalid.
>
> Can anyone provide me an example of this usage? Any help would be appreciated.
>
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RE: Jar Task Manifest Attribute
Posted by "Echlin, Robert" <Ro...@windriver.com>.
Hi Ken,
Did you try both the manifest attribute and the manifest element?
Can you give us a copy of your code, or a simplified version that "manifests" the same behavior?
For one thing, that would let us see what exactly you tried in the code when you interpreted the ambiguous phrase "added through a fileset".
<g>
All my very best,
Rob
--
Rob Echlin, Documentation Systems Architect, Wind River
-----Original Message-----
From: Kris Henriksson [mailto:kthenriksson@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 4:44 PM
To: user@ant.apache.org
Subject: Jar Task Manifest Attribute
Hello,
The documentation for the Jar task
(http://ant.apache.org/manual/Tasks/jar.html) indicates that the manifest attribute can be set to "the name of a jar added through a fileset". However, I can't get this to work, and can't find an example of this usage anywhere. When I try, I get an error "Manifest is invalid" and the output suggests that it is just reading in the jar file as text and parsing it, which is of course invalid.
Can anyone provide me an example of this usage? Any help would be appreciated.
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