Ahh... thanks Mike that's great. That was one of the things I tried, and then gave up on when it didn't work (using war plugin v2.0). Is it possible to get hold of the fixed war plugin version 2.0.1, or am I better off using the older 2.0-beta-2 for now and waiting for the next release. Regards, Arthur. Mike Perham wrote: > > We use an exclude rule for WEB-INF/lib/*.jar and a custom version of the > war plugin with MWAR-39 fixed. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Arthur Crawford [mailto:art&[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 3:02 AM > To: users@maven.apache.org > Subject: [m2] war plugin - need dependencies referenced in manifest but > not in WEB-INF/lib > > Hi, > Is there a way to create a war with references to dependent jars in the > manifest's classpath entry but NOT package them in WEB-INF/lib?. I want > to do this so I can have sevaral wars referencing the same shared jars > in the top level of an ear. > > This is the war plugin configuration I have used to turn on manifest > generation. > > <plugin> > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> > <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId> > <version>2.0</version> > <configuration> > <archive> > <manifest> > <addClasspath>true</addClasspath> > </manifest> > </archive> > </configuration> > </plugin> > > Then I have tried <scope>provided</scope>. But although the jars are > omitted from WEB-INF/lib as I want, neither do they appear the manifest. > Scope compile puts everything in the manifest but also in WEB-INF/lib. > Scope runtime has the same effect as scope compile (in this context). > > I have looked through all the documentation and posts I can find on this > but have seen no solution. It seems like a common thing to want to do > when packaging shared code in wars/ears. If it's not possible with > Maven out-of-the-box does anyone have any suggested fix or workaround? > > I'm using Maven version 2.0.4 - war plugin version 2.0 > > Regards, > > Arthur Crawford. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/-m2--war-plugin---need-dependencies-referenced-in-manifest-but-not-in-WEB-INF-lib-t1746387.html#a4752265 Sent from the Maven - Users forum at Nabble.com.
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