diff --git a/jar/plugin.jelly b/jar/plugin.jelly
index 7b1d2f7a..693aafd3 100644
--- a/jar/plugin.jelly
+++ b/jar/plugin.jelly
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@
     <ant:available property="maven.jar.manifest.available" 
       file="${maven.jar.manifest}"/>
 
+    <j:set var="specificationTitle" value="${pom.shortDescription.trim()}"/>
+    <j:if test="${specificationTitle.length() gt 49}">
+      <ant:echo>Warning: shortDescription is > 49 characters - trimming for specification title.</ant:echo>
+      <j:set var="specificationTitle" value="${specificationTitle.substring(0,46)}..."/>
+    </j:if>
+
     <!-- See http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/guide/jar/jar.html -->
     <!-- See http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/docs/guide/jar/jar.html -->
     <ant:jar
@@ -87,7 +93,7 @@
         </j:if>
         <!-- added supplementary entries -->
         <ant:attribute name="Extension-Name" value="${pom.artifactId}"/>
-        <ant:attribute name="Specification-Title" value="${pom.shortDescription}"/>
+        <ant:attribute name="Specification-Title" value="${specificationTitle}" />
         <ant:attribute name="Specification-Vendor" value="${pom.organization.name}"/>
         <ant:attribute name="Specification-Version" value="${pom.currentVersion}"/>
         <ant:attribute name="Implementation-Title" value="${pom.package}"/>
@@ -204,7 +210,7 @@
       artifact="${relativePath}"
       type="jars"
       assureDirectoryCommand="mkdir -p"
-      siteCommand="cd @deployDirectory@; chmod g+w ${maven.jar.to.deploy}; chgrp ${maven.remote.group} ${maven.jar.to.deploy}; ln -sf ${maven.jar.to.deploy} ${pom.artifactId}-SNAPSHOT.jar; echo ${snapshotVersion} > ${pom.artifactId}-snapshot-version"
+      siteCommand="cd @deployDirectory@; chmod g+w ${maven.jar.to.deploy}; chgrp ${maven.remote.group} ${maven.jar.to.deploy}; rm -f ${pom.artifactId}-SNAPSHOT.jar; ln -s ${maven.jar.to.deploy} ${pom.artifactId}-SNAPSHOT.jar; echo ${snapshotVersion} > ${pom.artifactId}-snapshot-version"
     />
     <j:set var="maven.final.name" value="${oldMavenFinalName}" />
                     
diff --git a/jar/xdocs/changes.xml b/jar/xdocs/changes.xml
index 0045a2e7..ec9a30c3 100644
--- a/jar/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/jar/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.5-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="brett" type="fix" issue="MPJAR-27">trim shortDescription and limit to 72 characters with warning when using specification-title to avoid broken manifests</action>
+      <action dev="brett" type="fix" issue="MPJAR-24">change ln -sf command to rm -f symlink, ln -s combo because -f flag is not used on Solaris ln.</action>
       <action dev="brett" type="fix">move maven.remote.group to default.properties</action>
       <action dev="brett" type="fix" issue="MPJAR-22" due-to="Corey Jewett">improve manifest generation</action>
       <action dev="brett" type="fix" issue="MPJAR-17">revert maven.final.name to previuous value after executing jar:snapshot related goals.</action>
