----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan Bodewig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I think "update=true" should disable required attributes only if the > > war/ear actually exists, > ... and contains a MANIFEST.MF, web.xml or application.xml - otherwise > one could still "cheat".
True. > I'm not sure whether this is really necessary as people who want to > play tricks with <war> can always use <zip> directly. You're right. Let's see the problem from a more general point of view. Is it good to allow the use of "update=true" when the archive does not exist? ATM the task simply creates the file while, perhaps, it should throw a BuildException. What do you think?
