Diane Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Stefan Bodewig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Diane Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > I don't see anything in the <jar> task that would allow for the >> > -M flag (ie., don't include a manifest). Is there a reason it's >> > not available? >> >> Apart from "use <zip> if you don't need a Manifest"? No. > > Is that the only difference between the two?
Yep. And <war> adds a special structure in WEB-INF/, that's all. > If that is the only difference, do we really need two separate > tasks? I see two reasons, convenience (in the <war> case) and security by enforcing some rules (the manifest or webapp descriptor must be present). Stefan
