Hi Zhang,

All MANIFEST.MF files that contain lines longer than 72 bytes are invalid,
according to the Jar Manifest specification.
That's why the plugin splits them, which is the only way to create a valid
manifest.
And no, AFAIK, you can not force the plugin to create invalid manifest
files.

Here is the specification extract:

  - Line length:
  No line may be longer than 72 bytes (not characters), in its
  UTF8-encoded form. If a value would make the initial line longer than this,
  it should be continued on extra lines (each starting with a single SPACE).


You can find the spec here:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/jar/jar.html#Notes on Manifest and
Signature Files

Cheers
Jo


On 6/8/07, 張旭 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Dear friends,
I have encountered a strange problem when specify  custom manifest file
when
using the maven-jar-plugin.
I've a very very long line in the manifest file that maybe have hundreds
columns.
It seems that the plug-in will automatically wrap the line every 70 cols.
Is there a parameter in configuration that can override the default
behavior?

Thanks in advance.

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