-runnoreferences BOOLEAN
Description: On non-Windows machines, the more efficient reference: URLs are used by default - use -runnoreferences: true to override this. On Windows this instruction is ignored - reference: URLs are never used due to Windows being more obstinate about open files.

- # -runnoreferences BOOLEAN

  On non-Windows machines, the more efficient `reference:` URLs are used by default - use `-runnoreferences: true` to override this. On Windows this instruction is ignored - `reference:` URLs are never used due to Windows being more obstinate about open files.

      private LauncherConstants getConstants(Collection<String> runbundles, boolean exported) throws Exception, FileNotFoundException,
      		IOException {
      	project.trace("preparing the aQute launcher plugin");

      	LauncherConstants lc = new LauncherConstants();
      	lc.noreferences = Processor.isTrue(project.getProperty(Constants.RUNNOREFERENCES));
      	lc.runProperties = getRunProperties();
      	lc.storageDir = getStorageDir();
      	lc.keep = isKeep();
      	lc.runbundles.addAll(runbundles);
      	lc.trace = getTrace();

      		Bundle install(File f) throws Exception {
      	BundleContext context = systemBundle.getBundleContext();
      	try {
      		String reference;
      		if (isWindows() || parms.noreferences) {
      			trace("no reference: url %s", parms.noreferences);
      			reference = f.toURI().toURL().toExternalForm();
      		} else
      			reference = "reference:" + f.toURI().toURL().toExternalForm();

      		Bundle b = context.installBundle(reference);
      		if (b.getLastModified() < f.lastModified()) {
      			b.update();
      		}
      		return b;
      	}
      	catch (BundleException e) {
      		trace("failed reference, will try to install %s with input stream", f.getAbsolutePath());
      		String reference = f.toURI().toURL().toExternalForm();
      		InputStream in = new FileInputStream(f);
      		try {
      			return context.installBundle(reference, in);
      		}
      		finally {
      			in.close();
      		}
      	}
      }