jar tool bug

[Patrick Tullmann]

Archie Cobbs wrote:
> Sun is wrong :-) A valid manifest file always starts with
> 
>   Manifest-Version: 1.0
> 
> But we should probably be compatible I guess.

Ah.  Perhaps a better option than being bug-compatible is to throw an
JarException with a better message than "premature EOF, line 1"?

I checked jdk 1.1.7 and 1.2 (don't have a 1.3 around).  Both accept
empty manifest files.  Also, 1.2 at least throws an error for
garbage-laden manifest files (1.1.7 silently accepts them...).

-Pat

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Pat Tullmann                                       tullmann at cs.utah.edu
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