Name: rl43681 Date: 02/20/2004


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.5.0-beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0-beta-b32)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0-beta-b32, mixed mode)


ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
In all previous versions of the JRE, it was possible to append a JAR file to the end of the standard Java launcher executable and reference the resulting executable as a valid JAR file. For example,

jar -cf application.jar ...
copy /b java.exe+application.jar application.exe
java -classpath application.exe ...

In JDK 1.5, this does not appear to work any longer. Indeed, this message is printed:

    Invalid or corrupt jarfile C:\TEMP\application.exe

This is a severe limitation and renders some of our existing code nonfunctional after upgrading to JDK 1.5.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1) Create a hello-world java test class.
2) Create a manifest with the class from (1) as the Main-Class.
3) Create a JAR (application.jar) containing the class from (1) and the manifest from (2).
4) Execute this command: copy /b %JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe+application.jar application.exe.
5) Execute this command: application.exe -jar application.exe.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :ls

EXPECTED -
The hello-world test class should run.
ACTUAL -
This message is printed:

    Invalid or corrupt jarfile C:\TEMP\application.exe

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
Invalid or corrupt jarfile C:\TEMP\application.exe

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
-- Test.java
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] arguments) {
System.err.println("Hello, world.");
}
}

-- MANIFEST.MF
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Main-Class: Test
---------- END SOURCE ----------

Release Regression From : 1.4.2
The above release value was the last known release where this
bug was known to work. Since then there has been a regression.

(Incident Review ID: 239647)
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