jpackage Packaging Tool Early Access Update 4

[Andy Herrick]

yes - this is a late regression in EA 4 which will shortly be remedied .

The option --file-associations, and all of the mac specific options, 
need to be valid in create-image mode on MAC.

see: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8221256

/Andy

On 3/26/2019 10:55 AM, Michael Hall wrote:
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>> On Mar 19, 2019, at 11:17 AM, Andy Herrick <andy.herrick at oracle.com 
>> <mailto:andy.herrick at oracle.com>> wrote:
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>> The fourth EA build (Build 30) of jpackage tool is available at 
>> https://jdk.java.net/jpackage/
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>> Note this build contains significant Command Line Interface changes.
>>
>> Issues addressed since EA 3 (build 17):
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>> JDK-8219678     CLI changes in jpackage
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> I just tried re-building my OS X app with this version - Update 4.
> I am assuming that —overwrite is no longer an option because it is now 
> the default only choice?
>
> This one I’m not sure I’m understanding…
> jdk.jpackage.internal.PackagerException: Error: Option 
> [--mac-bundle-identifier] is not valid in create-image mode.
>
> I had added this because the default generated bundle identifier at 
> the time didn’t seem the best. It was IIRC the same as the application 
> name or something one level.
> My understanding is sort of best practice is to use a url or reverse 
> url type id.
> But shouldn’t there be some way when creating the OS X application 
> image to indicate this?
>
> Bundle identifiers
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40619639/os-x-bundle-identifier-name-best-practice-in-this-situation
> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1626954
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