JAR Manifest.mf

[Matthew Oatham <ma...@hotmail.com>]

Hi,

when debugging my build file I notice that whenever using the JAR task I get 
the following messages:

      [war] File C:\WorkArea\CVSArea\Releases\assetserver_5.14.webclient.war 
includes a META-INF/MANIFEST.MF which will be ignored. To include this file, 
set filesetManifest to a value other than 'skip'.

My question is - what is the purpose of manifest.mf ? What needs to go in 
there and what baring does it have on WAR / JAR files?

Cheers.

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RE: JAR Manifest.mf

["W. Sean Hennessy" <sh...@goldenhourdata.com>]

<Question>what is the purpose of manifest.mf ?</Question>
<Answer>
Generating a Bill of Materials as an artifact to satisfy a build
verification requirement might be facilitated by the jar manifest file.
</Answer>

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Oatham [mailto:matthewoatham@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 6:55 AM
To: user@ant.apache.org
Subject: JAR Manifest.mf


Hi,

when debugging my build file I notice that whenever using the JAR task I get
the following messages:

      [war] File C:\WorkArea\CVSArea\Releases\assetserver_5.14.webclient.war
includes a META-INF/MANIFEST.MF which will be ignored. To include this file,
set filesetManifest to a value other than 'skip'.

My question is - what is the purpose of manifest.mf ? What needs to go in
there and what baring does it have on WAR / JAR files?

Cheers.

_________________________________________________________________
Tired of 56k? Get a FREE BT Broadband connection
http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband


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