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Java packages do not appear to keep a reference to their inputs

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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
Cc: liliana.prikler <at> ist.tugraz.at, julien <at> lepiller.eu, 58591 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#58591: Java packages do not appear to keep a reference to their inputs
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 10:56:01 -0400

Hello,

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr> writes:

[...]

>> Groan.  Which package(s) compress .jars?
>
> Oh, aren't they all?  I hadn't realized .jar compression was optional.

Actually, reading [0] again, it seems a JAR *is* a zip archive, so
cannot be either compressed or uncompressed.

[0]  https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/19/docs/specs/jar/jar.html

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim

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