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Bug 15488

Summary:	Please permit externally stored manifests for JARs
Product:	obsolete	Reporter:	Jesse Glick <jglick>
Component:	jarpackager	Assignee:	issues@obsolete <issues>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	P4
Version:	3.x
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description Jesse Glick 2001-09-13 23:09:43 UTC

JAR Packager should let you specify a manifest on disk that it will
load from permanently, rather than making you reload it manually every
time the manifest changes. Also when browsing for a manifest file, it
should use filesystems (not FileChooser), e.g. using the property
editor for DataObject, and should start searching in the same folder
as the .jarContents.

Comment 1 Mike Schilling 2001-09-21 20:38:03 UTC

To do this:

1. Make sure the manifest property is empty (no items).
2. Add the file as an item in the JAR recipe's contents whose target 
is META-INF/MANIFEST.MF