Just for the record, I filed a P4 bug JDK-8005946 - Mac build problems with .DS_Store files
so this information about .DS_Store files doesn't get completely lost. Not sure what we can do, but figured I should save the issue. -kto On Jan 9, 2013, at 5:33 AM, David Chase wrote: > > On 2013-01-09, at 5:07 AM, Michael McMahon <michael.x.mcma...@oracle.com> > wrote: > >> Are you building on a remote filesystem like NFS? Those .DS_Store files get >> created by the finder >> and can cause problems on remote filesystems where they become visible to >> other software. >> >> There is a way to disable creation of .DS_Store on remote filesystems >> documented at >> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1629 > > No, the problem is in a local filesystem, and the .DS_Store files confused > the jar packager. > I figured I had better let someone know what the cause was, else there would > be much time wasted when this happened to the next person building on a Mac. > We might catch that exception, check for .DS_Store in the name, and provide a > more useful explanation of the root cause, even if we don't get around to > "fixing" it soon. For example: > > String secondPkgElement = null; > try { > secondPkgElement = name.substring(firstSlashIndex + 1, > name.indexOf("/", > firstSlashIndex > + 1)); > } catch (StringIndexOutOfBoundsException ex) { > if (name.endsWith("/.DS_Store")) > System.err.println ("Unexpected Mac OS Finder file " + name); > throw ex; > } > > > I'm trying asepsis right now. > > David >
