On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 10:01 AM Didik Supriadi
<didiksupriadi41@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Well, I feel like this should be allowed in any case? I think most Devs
> only add Class-Path manifest attribute when they need those particular
> JAR to run their codes.
>
> Or are there any cases beffore that this is not allowed?
I don't know the reason for disallowing Class-Path. This rule existed
before I became a Fedora packager (year 2012). But I remember some
people used to have a strong opinion against Class-Path in Fedora
packages.
--
Mikolaj
>
> On 10/7/21 13:45, Mikolaj Izdebski wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I would like to propose allowing Class-Path attribute in JAR
> > manifests, at least in some cases.
> >
> > Currently Java Packaging Guidelines [1] forbids Class-Path attributes
> > in JAR manifests. However there are certain cases when Class-Path can
> > be very useful. One such example I find it useful for is executable
> > JARs that can be symlinked from %{_libexecdir} and ran without a need
> > for wrapper shell scripts. Such JAR files are marked as executable and
> > start with a shebang line, which is treated as leading garbage and
> > therefore ignored by JAR/ZIP readers. When such JARs have dependencies
> > it's useful to be able to refer to them via Class-Path manifest
> > attribute.
> >
> > What do you think about allowing Class-Path manifest attribute? Can it
> > be allowed in any case, or in some cases only?
> >
> > [1] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/Java/
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