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Jan.Materne@rzf.fin-nrw.de wrote:
>> Bug: 39153
>> Add notes (log+manual) that <java> does not handle 
>> jar+classpath together (more exactly Java itself does not).
> 
> 
> On the other hand we could convert the jar-attribute to a path element,
> so
>     <java jar="one.jar" fork="true">
>         <classpath>
>             <pathelement path="two.jar"/>
>         </classpath>
>     </java>
> 
> becomes to
>     <java mainclass="---" fork="true">
>         <classpath>
>             <pathelement path="one.jar"/>
>             <pathelement path="two.jar"/>
>         </classpath>
>     </java>
> 
>

Unless they also want the manifest classloader stuff, of course.

How about having <java> itself warn users?

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