Yes, I put a copy of the jar and texture pack into a folder and rename it to just minecraft.jar and leave your texture pack name as it is. This way I'm not changing the path in the XML every upgrade. The rendering is running 1.9.2.jar now.
Code:
minecraftJar = "/Volumes/Clean/Users/Me/Dropbox/mc/core/minecraft.jar"
texturePack = "/Volumes/Clean/Users/Me/Dropbox/mc/core/AppleNovaBradTextures.zip"
I did notice that when I compress the texture pack it's larger than when I unzip it. The compressed version of the texture pack after I remove the noted png is 4.3MB. Your untouched one is 3.1MB. Not sure the difference other than I'm just using Finder's Compress Folder menu where you might be using a better tool.
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