What happens if I don't set the property? Does everything end up under target?
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Christopher <ctubb...@apache.org> wrote: > Minor correction. The basic method for specifying the external directory > is: > mvn -DDEV_ACCUMULO_HOME=<absolutePath> package > > -- > Christopher L Tubbs II > http://gravatar.com/ctubbsii > > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Christopher <ctubb...@apache.org> wrote: > > I made some changes for ACCUMULO-935 that may be unexpected, so here's > > some information that may help: > > > > Use 'mvn -DDEV_ACCUMULO_HOME package' to output built artifacts to an > > external directory, so the workspace does not get dirtied with > > unversioned files outside of the target directories, that need to be > > constantly excluded with svn:ignore, .gitignore, rat-maven-plugin, and > > exceptions. > > > > In this external directory, you should be able to run bin/accumulo, > > store your conf/* files, etc. Just as before, when you could set > > general.classpaths to include target/classes in each module, you can > > still do that, pointing to your svn/git checkout target/classes areas. > > > > Put the following in settings.xml to always copy jars/output to a > > runnable ACCUMULO_HOME area, so you don't need to put it on the > > command line every time: > > > > <profiles> > > <profile> > > <id>inject-accumulo-home</id> > > <properties> > > <DEV_ACCUMULO_HOME>/var/tmp/ACCUMULO_HOME</DEV_ACCUMULO_HOME> > > </properties> > > </profile> > > </profiles> > > <activeProfiles> > > <activeProfile>inject-accumulo-home</activeProfile> > > </activeProfiles> > > > > You may notice that files that were previously ignored in the SCM are > > now recognized as unversioned. You can simply move these to your > > desired DEV_ACCUMULO_HOME location. I would hope that you do not > > simply ignore these changes and re-add all these unversioned files > > back to svn:ignore/.gitignore, and respect the goal of trying to > > minimize maintenance of all the exceptions in the build/packaging that > > these unversioned files dirtying the workspace create. > > > > Right now, the way this directory gets created/used, is pretty clunky, > > but it sets things up, so I can work towards doing it more cleanly > > with the maven-assembly-plugin. There shouldn't be any further > > noticeable changes in terms of the method for activating this external > > DEV_ACCUMULO_HOME directory. If there's something I missed (I'm aware > > currently of the randomwalk configuration files, and the > > fake_disk_failure.so in the system tests) that show up in the source > > tree as unversioned files, please let me know, and I'll work to get > > them modified so they work in a way that doesn't dirty the workspace > > and continue to cause difficulty for packaging. > > > > -- > > Christopher L Tubbs II > > http://gravatar.com/ctubbsii >
