Using the manifest element within jar works fine. On Thu, 2013-03-28 at 12:53 -0600, Welsh, Armand wrote: > What happens if you insert a manifest element instead of a manifest property, > and let ANT dynamically build the manifest file? > > <jar destfile="AntFail/antfail.jar" basedir="AntFail/bin" > > <manifest> > <attribute name="Main-Class" value=" > com.antfail.AntFail "/> > </manifest> > </jar> > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marc Benstein [mailto:mbenst...@ultramain.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 9:59 AM > To: user@ant.apache.org > Subject: Re: Java 5 fails to run jar files created with Ant 1.9.0 > > On Thu, 2013-03-28 at 05:59 -0600, Stefan Bodewig wrote: > > On 2013-03-28, Marc Benstein wrote: > > > > > Java 5 fails to execute jars created with Ant 1.9.0. Java 6 and 7 work > > > fine to execute the jar. > > > > I assume creating the same jar with Ant 1.8.x works just fne for you. > > Correct. > > > > > Ant 1.9.0 ships with a zip package that has some enhancements over the > > one in 1.8.x - Zip64 support in particular. It is possible Ant now > > creates jars by default that Java5 doesn't like. > > > > > The message I am seeing in Java 5 is "Invalid or corrupt jarfile" > > > > Is there any sort of additional information? You say jar -tf doesn't > > complain. Do you only get the error when you use java -jar or also when > > you add the jar to the classpath and execute your main class explicitly? > > I have found the exact cause. It seems using the manifest attribute in > the jar element causes the jar problem. I have created a simple ant > build.xml to demonstrate. Use Java 5 to run this file. > > Here's the output from the build file: > > Buildfile: /home/mbenstein/build.xml > > create-main: > > compile-main: > [mkdir] Created dir: /home/mbenstein/AntFail/bin > [javac] Compiling 1 source file to /home/mbenstein/AntFail/bin > > jar-main: > [jar] Building jar: /home/mbenstein/AntFail/antfail.jar > > run-jar: > [java] Invalid or corrupt > jarfile /home/mbenstein/AntFail/antfail.jar > [java] Java Result: 1 > > BUILD SUCCESSFUL > Total time: 1 second > > > > -- build.xml -- > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <project name="jarfail" default="run-jar"> > > <target name="create-main"> > <echo append="no" message="package com.antfail;${line.separator}" > file="AntFail/src/com/antfail/AntFail.java" /> > <echo append="yes" message="public class AntFail { public static > void main(String[] args) > { System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.version")); > }}${line.separator}" file="AntFail/src/com/antfail/AntFail.java" /> > </target> > > <target name="compile-main" depends="create-main"> > <mkdir dir="AntFail/bin" /> > <javac srcdir="AntFail/src" destdir="AntFail/bin" > includeantruntime="no" /> > </target> > > <target name="jar-main" depends="compile-main"> > <property environment="env" /> > > <manifest file="AntFail/MANIFEST.MF"> > <attribute name="Main-Class" value="com.antfail.AntFail" /> > </manifest> > > <jar manifest="AntFail/MANIFEST.MF" destfile="AntFail/antfail.jar" > basedir="AntFail/bin" /> > </target> > > <target name="run-jar" depends="jar-main"> > <java jar="AntFail/antfail.jar" fork="true"/> > </target> > > <target name="clean"> > <delete dir="AntFail" /> > </target> > </project> > > -- End build.xml -- > > > -- > Marc Benstein > > Ultramain Systems, Inc. > 8100 Lang Avenue NE > Albuquerque, NM 87109 > USA > > TEL 505.828.9000 > FAX 505.823.1841 > www.ultramain.com > > Confidentiality Notice: This email message and any files transmitted with it > may contain confidential information intended only for the person(s) to whom > this email is addressed. If you have received this email in error, please > notify the sender immediately by phone or email and destroy the original > message without making a copy. Thank you. > B�KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKCB�� [��X��ܚX�KK[XZ[� \�\�][��X��ܚX�P[� �\X�K�ܙ�B��܈Y][ۘ[��[X[� �K[XZ[� \�\�Z[ [� �\X�K�ܙ�B
-- Marc Benstein --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org
