jpackage does not include extra files from app-image when creating Debian package?

[Tobias Oelgarte]

I tried JDK 14.0.2 and JDK 16 Build 36. I let Maven put my extra files 
into '/target/image/AppName/*/' and i also tried to put them into 
'target/image/AppName/app/*' but nothing worked. It works perfectly for 
'msi' at all places under AppName, but not for 'deb'.

After some trial an error I added the files to 
"target/image/AppName/bin/*" and surprisingly this worked. But this is 
not really what I expected. At least the path relative to the binary 
stays the same. Maybe it was intended that way?

On 26.02.21 17:42, Alexey Semenyuk wrote:

> Hi Tobias,
>
> Extra files in deb packaging should work. What is the version of 
> jpackage you are using? Where do you put extra files in app image? If 
> you put them in the root directory of app image they will not be 
> included in the package. Recommended location for extra files is "app" 
> subdirectory of app image.
>
> - Alexey
>
> On 2/26/2021 10:58 AM, Tobias Oelgarte wrote:
>> I'm creating an app image with the following commands*:
>>
>>   jlink --output runtime --module-path [..] --add-modules [..] 
>> --bind-services
>>   jpackage --type app-image --dest image --module [..] 
>> --runtime-image runtime --name Name
>>
>> Now i copy some extra files to the resulting image, which are needed 
>> during program execution.
>>
>> After that i can create an MSI installer with the following command*:
>>
>>   jpackage --type msi --dest installer --app-image image --name Name
>>
>> As the result I get an installer which also includes the extra files 
>> which I added to the app-image an the extra files are installed along 
>> with the rest of the image.
>>
>> But if i do the same, creating a Debian installer package (deb), then 
>> the extra files are not included.
>>
>>   jpackage --type deb --dest installer --app-image image --name Name
>>
>> The resulting deb installs just fine, but the files are not included 
>> in the deb archive and are obviously not written to the installation 
>> directory.
>>
>> Did I miss something, or is this not possible when creating an Debian 
>> package?
>>
>> * I removed some trivial parameters like --vendor, --copyright, 
>> --resource-dir, e.t.c. to keep the commandlines short
>>
>