rpmlint problem: Class-Path in manifest problem

[Igor Foox]

On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 14:43 -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
> >>>>> "IF" == Igor Foox <ifoox at redhat.com> writes:
> 
> IF> Does anybody know what this mean,
> 
> > rpmlint -I class-path-in-manifest
> class-path-in-manifest :
> The META-INF/MANIFEST file in the jar contains a hardcoded Class-Path.
> These entries do not work with older Java versions and even if they do work,
> they are inflexible and usually cause nasty surprises.
> 
> IF> and why it's considered bad?
> 
> I don't know enough about Java to say more.

The jar file seems to refer itself in the Class-Path, but it is not
an absolute path, just 'ant-contrib.jar'. I'm not sure why it's 
referring to itself in the first place, but I'm wondering if people
have seen this problem before?

Igor