I think we have several problems with manifest in 2.5-SNAPSHOT :-( wtpmanifest = true creates several problems. We noticed this one : http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MECLIPSE-389 It can be (or not) related
Arnaud On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Martin Höller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 20 February 2008 wrote Graham Leggett: > > Martin Höller wrote: > > > I just noticed that the maven-eclipse-plugin (2.5-SNAPHSOT) writes a > > > MANIFEST.MF output to src/main/webapp/META-INF when mvn > eclipse:eclipse > > > is called for a web-application. > > > > > > Is this behaviour intentional? I wouldn't expect maven or any plugin > to > > > write something into src/main. > > > > Is your project marked as a pde project? > > No, it's not, it's a WTP 2.0 project. My plugin configuration is as > follows: > > <plugin> > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> > <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId> > <version>2.5-SNAPSHOT</version> > <configuration> > <downloadSources>false</downloadSources> > <downloadJavadocs>false</downloadJavadocs> > <wtpversion>2.0</wtpversion> > <wtpmanifest>true</wtpmanifest> > </configuration> > </plugin> > > > > If the MANIFEST.MF is needed by eclipse, couldn't it be written to > > > target/ and eclipse be configured to use that instead, just as it > > > happens for EARs? > > > > Not practically, no. Eclipse does not have a clear distinction between > > "source" directories and "target" directories, so you need to modify the > > files where they lie, which can be annoying, particularly for Eclipse > > plugin builds. > > Well, this file is not created by eclipse but by the m-eclipse-p. And I > would say this plugin shouldn't write to src/main/... > > What I want is already done for EARs: an application.xml is required for a > valid EAR, so m-eclipse-p creates one in target/eclipseEar/META-INF/ and > points eclipse to this file as the application descriptor. > > I think this should also be possible for WARs, shouldn't it? > > - martin > -- > Martin Höller | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *x Software + Systeme | http://www.xss.co.at/ > Karmarschgasse 51/2/20 | Tel: +43-1-6060114-30 > A-1100 Vienna, Austria | Fax: +43-1-6060114-71 > -- .......................................................... Arnaud HERITIER .......................................................... OCTO Technology - aheritier AT octo DOT com www.octo.com | blog.octo.com .......................................................... ASF - aheritier AT apache DOT org www.apache.org | maven.apache.org ...........................................................
