[jira] [Commented] (RAT-316) Add MANIFEST.MF to the default exclude list.

["Philipp Ottlinger (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Philipp Ottlinger commented on RAT-316:
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[~jochen@apache.org] any updates on this task or can I move it to release 0.17 as fixVersion? Thanks

> Add MANIFEST.MF to the default exclude list.
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>
>                 Key: RAT-316
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RAT-316
>             Project: Apache Rat
>          Issue Type: Task
>          Components: engine
>    Affects Versions: 0.15
>            Reporter: Jochen Wiedmann
>            Assignee: Jochen Wiedmann
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 0.16
>
>
> As per [https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4782054,|https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4782054]
> a MANIFEST.MF file cannot contain comment lines. In other words: It is not possible, to include a license.
>  
> The change should not assume a particular location for the MANIFEST.MF file.
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