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ASF subversion and git services commented on RAT-316:
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Commit c96982bef8a2276bb611d39108af9683f9606672 in creadur-rat's branch
refs/heads/master from Philipp Ottlinger
[ https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=creadur-rat.git;h=c96982be ]
RAT-316: Add default exclusion of MANIFEST.MF as it must not contain comment
lines to include a license
> Add MANIFEST.MF to the default exclude list.
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> Key: RAT-316
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RAT-316
> Project: Apache Rat
> Issue Type: Task
> Components: engine
> Affects Versions: 0.15
> Reporter: Jochen Wiedmann
> Assignee: Philipp Ottlinger
> Priority: Minor
> Fix For: 0.16
>
>
> As per
> [https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4782054,|https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4782054]
> a MANIFEST.MF file cannot contain comment lines. In other words: It is not
> possible, to include a license.
>
> The change should not assume a particular location for the MANIFEST.MF file.
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