conor 2004/09/15 15:58:05
Modified: docs faq.html
xdocs faq.xml
Log:
This is a FAQ by any measure.
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<code>java.lang.InstantiationException:
org.apache.tools.ant.Main</code>
</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#mangled-manifest">
+
+ Whenever I use the Ant jar or manifest related tasks, long lines in
+ my manifest are wrapped at 70 characters and the resulting jar does
+ not work in my application server. Why does Ant do this?
+
+ </a></li>
</ul>
<h4 class="toc">Ant and IDEs/Editors</h4>
<ul>
@@ -1162,6 +1169,33 @@
<p>
One can check if this is the case by doing
<code>ant --noconfig -version</code>.
+ </p>
+ <p class="faq">
+ <a name="mangled-manifest"></a>
+
+ Whenever I use the Ant jar or manifest related tasks, long lines in
+ my manifest are wrapped at 70 characters and the resulting jar does
+ not work in my application server. Why does Ant do this?
+
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Ant implements the Java
+ <a
href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/jar/jar.html";>Jar
+ file specification</a>. Please refer to the notes section where it
+ discusses the maximum allowable length of a line and the concept of
+ continuation characters.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ If a jar file produced by Ant does not work in your appserver, and
+ that failure is due to the wrapped manifest, then you need
+ to consult your appserver provider, as it is a bug in their
+ appserver. Far more likely, however, is a problem in your
+ specification of your classpath. It is not Ant's wrapping of your
+ classpath that is the problem.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Do not raise a bug about this issue until you have checked to
ensure
+ that the problem is not due to your classpath specification.
</p>
<p class="faq">
<a name="integration"></a>
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</p>
</answer>
</faq>
+ <faq id="mangled-manifest">
+ <question>
+ Whenever I use the Ant jar or manifest related tasks, long lines in
+ my manifest are wrapped at 70 characters and the resulting jar does
+ not work in my application server. Why does Ant do this?
+ </question>
+
+ <answer>
+ <p>
+ Ant implements the Java
+ <a
href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/jar/jar.html";>Jar
+ file specification</a>. Please refer to the notes section where it
+ discusses the maximum allowable length of a line and the concept of
+ continuation characters.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ If a jar file produced by Ant does not work in your appserver, and
+ that failure is due to the wrapped manifest, then you need
+ to consult your appserver provider, as it is a bug in their
+ appserver. Far more likely, however, is a problem in your
+ specification of your classpath. It is not Ant's wrapping of your
+ classpath that is the problem.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Do not raise a bug about this issue until you have checked to
ensure
+ that the problem is not due to your classpath specification.
+ </p>
+ </answer>
+ </faq>
+
</faqsection>
<faqsection title="Ant and IDEs/Editors">
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