Re: Resources folder is not installed in JAR file

[Felix Natter <fnatter@gmx.net>]

Cyril Richard <Cyril.Richard@u-bourgogne.fr> writes:

hi Cyril,

>> I can help fix this in your package if you want me to.
>
> Oh yes !!! 10 000 yes :).
> I used to program in C. Java is new to me, so I appreciate your help !

Here is the diff:

diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 0276245..5074d52 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@
 
 override_jh_build:
     jh_build --javacopts="-source 1.8 -target 1.8" --javadoc-opts="-source 1.8" spview.jar sources
+
+override_dh_install:
+    # hack to get all files into the jar (jh_build can only include *.class)
+    (cd resources && jar uf ../spview.jar *)
+    dh_install
+

I could not test this because gbp buildpackage -us -uc failed due to a
missing upstream/... tag. Maybe you need to "git push --tags"?

Cheers and Best Regards,
Felix

> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> De: "Felix Natter" <fnatter@gmx.net>
> À: "Cyril Richard" <Cyril.Richard@u-bourgogne.fr>
> Cc: "debian-java" <debian-java@lists.debian.org>
> Envoyé: Lundi 30 Septembre 2019 16:44:22
> Objet: Re: Resources folder is not installed in JAR file
>
> Cyril Richard <Cyril.Richard@u-bourgogne.fr> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>
> hi Cyril,
>
>> After some difficulties, I think I'm almost done with my deb packaging of my java application [1].
>> Now, the last thing I did not mannage to do is to install all my resource folder in the JAR file.
>>
>> My project tree looks like that:
>>
>> test
>> resources
>> sources
>>
>> I would like to include the directory resources inside my JAR file, like I created the JAR with eclipse.
>> To do that, I tried several ways in the d/rules file.
>>
>> Currently, the file is like that (not in the repo, on my laptop):
>>
>> #!/usr/bin/make -f
>> # debian/rules for spview
>>
>> %:
>>     dh $@ --with javahelper
>>
>> override_jh_build:
>>     jh_build --javacopts="-source 1.8 -target 1.8" --no-javadoc spview.jar sources
>>
>> I tried to add
>> export JH_JAR_EXTRA=resources
>> at the beginning of the file
>>
>> I also tried to write:
>> override_jh_build:
>>     jh_build --javacopts="-source 1.8 -target 1.8" --no-javadoc spview.jar sources resources
>>
>> or
>>
>>     dh $@ --with javahelper --sourcedirectory=resources
>>
>> with also no succes.
>
> man jh_build does not mention resources:
>
> jh_build [debhelper options] jarfile source [... source]
>
> so it is still not supported, see #700196.
>
> There is a workaround by adding the resources manually using jar uf
> ("update file") [1]:
>
> override_dh_install:
>   (cd <resourcedir> && jar uf .../foo.jar <resourcesubdir1> <resourcesubdir2> ...)
>         dh_install
>
> like this [2] (which could be refactored):
>
> override_dh_install:
>         # hack to get all files into the jar (jh_build can only include *.class)
>         (cd src/main/resources                    && jar uf ../../../jsyntaxpane.jar META-INF)
>         (cd src/main/resources/META-INF/services/ && jar uf ../../../../../jsyntaxpane.jar `find -name "config.properties"`)
>         (cd src/main/resources/                   && jar uf ../../../jsyntaxpane.jar       `find -name "Bundle*properties"`)
>         dh_install
>
> [1] https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/deployment/jar/update.html
> [2] https://salsa.debian.org/java-team/libjsyntaxpane-java/blob/master/debian/rules
>
> I can help fix this in your package if you want me to.
>
> Cheers and Best Regards,
> --
> Felix Natter
> debian/rules!
>

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Felix Natter
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