Thanks, exactly what I was looking for. -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Broyer <t.bro...@gmail.com> Sent: donderdag 18 februari 2021 11:44 To: jean-pierre.urk...@devoteam.com.invalid Cc: Maven Users List <users@maven.apache.org> Subject: Re: maven-assembly-plugin v3.3.0 - how to modify generated MANIFEST.MF
Use the 'archive' property of the assembly plugin itself (not in the assembly descriptor): http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/single-mojo.html#archive Le jeu. 18 févr. 2021 à 11:23, Jean-Pierre Urkens <jean-pierre.urk...@devoteam.com.invalid> a écrit : > Hi all, > > > > I am trying to generate a ‘jar’ assembly that contains a ‘Main-Class’ > in the META-INF/MANIFEST.MF. Now it looks like the assembly plugin is > generating its own (plexus archiver) MANIFEST file with contents: > > Manifest-Version: 1.0 > > Created-By: Plexus Archiver 4.2.1 > > > > My idea was to include via a <fileSet> my own MANIFEST.MF file > specifying the Main-Class and ‘append’ this to the generated MANIFEST > using the ‘file-aggregator’ containerDescriptorHandler in my descriptor > file: > > > > <containerDescriptorHandlers> > > <containerDescriptorHandler> > > <handlerName>file-aggregator</handlerName> > > <configuration> > > <filePattern>.*/MANIFEST.MF</filePattern> > > <outputPath>META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</outputPath> > > </configuration> > > </containerDescriptorHandler> > > </containerDescriptorHandlers> > > > > This didn’t work so I was wondering whether it found my manifest file. > So I adjusted the above configuration to write to ‘<outputPath>test/ > META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</outputPath>’. > > My own manifest file resides under ‘db/MANIFEST.MF’ and should be > picked up > by: > > > > <fileSets> > > <fileSet> > > > <directory>${project.build.directory}/classes</directory> > > <outputDirectory></outputDirectory> > > <useDefaultExcludes>false</useDefaultExcludes> > > <includes> > > <include>db/**</include> > > </includes> > > </fileSet> > > </fileSets> > > > > Now it does generate an ‘test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF’ but with following > contents: > > # Aggregated on Thu Feb 18 11:18:39 CET 2021 from: > > > > So it looks that the content of my ‘db/MANIFEST.MF’ isn’t included. > What am I missing? How can I add my own content to the generated > manifest file of this plugin? > > > > Tanks for any hints, > > > > J.P. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org