The first pain it caused me was that the .jar file would not pass
through the QA department because the contents were not was expected. I
didn't go beyond that because I can't deliver software without QA
approval. It seemed easier to use ant13 than fight the battle.
The second problem I ran into was that sections seperated by blank lines
were mixed up, and information from my sections are placed in the main
attribute section. I reviewed the JAR Manifest specification, and it
indicates that only legitimate main attributes belong in the main
section.
The manifest I create contains the following:
-----start-----
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Specification-Title: Horizon Lab (classes)
Specification-Vendor: McKesson
Specification-Version: 8.0.0
Implementation-Vendor: McKesson (Horizon Lab)
Implementation-Version: 8.0.0-hlab-20020312@1604-00060
Implementation-Title: Horizon Lab
Build-Date: 20020312@1604
Build-Number: 00060
Build-Environment: C:\pwl\projects\lab\build rhensle
-----end-----
The manifest placed in the jar created by ant 1.4.1 contains:
----start----
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Implementation-Version: 8.0.0-hlab-20020312@1604-00060
Specification-Title: Horizon Lab (classes)
Specification-Version: 8.0.0
Implementation-Title: Horizon Lab
Build-Date: 20020312@1604
Created-By: Ant 1.4
Build-Number: 00060
Implementation-Vendor: McKesson (Horizon Lab)
Build-Environment: C:\pwl\projects\lab\build rhensle
Specification-Vendor: McKesson
----end----
The manifest placed in the jar created by ant 1.3 contains:
---start----
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Specification-Title: Horizon Lab (classes)
Specification-Vendor: McKesson
Specification-Version: 8.0.0
Implementation-Vendor: McKesson (Horizon Lab)
Implementation-Version: 8.0.0-hlab-20020312@1616-00061
Implementation-Title: Horizon Lab
Build-Date: 20020312@1616
Build-Number: 00061
Build-Environment: C:\pwl\projects\lab\build rhensle
----end----
The manifest placed in the jar created by jar cvfm test.jar
classes-manifest classes/*
----start---
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Implementation-Version: 8.0.0-hlab-20020312@1604-00060
Specification-Title: Horizon Lab (classes)
Specification-Version: 8.0.0
Implementation-Title: Horizon Lab
Build-Date: 20020312@1604
Created-By: 1.3.1_01 (Sun Microsystems Inc.)
Build-Number: 00060
Implementation-Vendor: McKesson (Horizon Lab)
Build-Environment: C:\pwl\projects\lab\build rhensle
Specification-Vendor: McKesson
----end----
Note the Implementation-Version is in the main section, and the
Created-By is not in the main section. These both seem to violate the
specification.
It is interesting to note that the jar command for jdk1.3.1_01 does the
same exact action as ant 1.4.1. Now I'm very confused. I'm not sure what
the right thing to do is.... Also, the manfest created by ant 1.3 is
exactly the same as the file, except I don't think it is valid because
it lacks a Created-By:
The URL for the specification is
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/guide/jar/jar.html
<http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/guide/jar/jar.html>
Richard
-----Original Message-----
From: Conor MacNeill [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 3:47 PM
To: Ant Users List
Subject: RE: Using Main-Class and Class-Path in a manifest file
Richard,
what problems does the scrambling of order of entries cause you?
Conor
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hensley, Richard [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
> Sent: Wednesday, 13 March 2002 9:28 AM
> To: 'Ant Users List'
> Subject: RE: Using Main-Class and Class-Path in a manifest file
>
>
> I can't confirm that Class-Path is needed first, but I can confirm
that
> ant 1.4.1 scrambles the order of entries in the Manifest. This has
> caused me problems to such a degree, that I just went back to using
ant
> 1.3. I posted a message about it a few days ago, I didn't get a
> response, and haven't had time to get back to it.
>
> The bug seems to be that ant rearranges.
>
> Richard
>
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