Sounds plausible. However, a manifest may contain anything other than the known attributes. I like your idea though.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Burgess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 7:46 AM Subject: Simple question? > (New Ant user. Apologies if this is doc'ed somewhere. I can't find it.) > > The "jar" attribute of the "Java" task indicates "must have a Main-Class > entry in the manifest". The only way I've found to define the Main-Class is > to first create my own manifest, then pass it to the "Jar" task. > > It seems easier in my simple case that the "Jar" task could have something > like a "mainclass" attribute, so that Ant could include it in the simple > manifest that it creates. This would save me the step of creating the > manifest first, simply to define the Main-Class. Did I understand things > correctly? > > If this is a feature request, then obviously it's not a high priority one. > > Thanks. > > Jay -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
