[Bug 464014] Review Request: findbugs - Find bugs in Java code

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--- Comment #9 from Andrew Overholt <overholt at redhat.com>  2009-03-05 15:33:18 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #8)
> > findbugs.noarch: W: class-path-in-manifest /usr/share/java/findbugs-1.3.7.jar
> 
> The ClassPath entry in the manifest is necessary to find dependent jars.  The
> rpmlint complaint about older Java versions no longer applies to any supported
> Fedora release, nor even to the latest RedHat EL.  It is true that versioned
> ClassPath entries are inflexible, but note that I used only unversioned entries.

I'm pretty sure the arguments against ClassPath entries in MANIFEST.MF has to
do with them being inflexible regardless of whether they're versioned or not --
they specify hard-coded paths to JARs.  Ville or Nicholas would be good to
consult on reasoning for this and to get it added to the guidelines so we don't
have to speculate.  I think one of them actually put a note on the Java
guidelines "talk" page.

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