Well, line 63 in Instruction.java does not contain a potential NPE since Bnd version 0.0.131 of April 28. What version are you using? Bnd writes its version in the manifest of any bundle it makes.
Kind regards, Peter Kriens NH> Sure I have some problem in my setup, but this exception doesn't help much to NH> locate it; NH> java.lang.NullPointerException NH> at aQute.lib.osgi.Instruction.getPattern(Instruction.java:63) NH> at aQute.lib.osgi.Builder.replaceWithPattern(Builder.java:235) NH> at aQute.lib.osgi.Builder.doExpand(Builder.java:176) NH> at aQute.lib.osgi.Builder.build(Builder.java:30) NH> at NH> org.apache.felix.tools.maven2.bundleplugin.BundlePlugin.execute(BundlePlugin.java:158) NH> at NH> org.apache.felix.tools.maven2.bundleplugin.BundlePlugin.execute(BundlePlugin.java:115) NH> at NH> org.apache.felix.tools.maven2.bundleplugin.BundlePlugin.execute(BundlePlugin.java:110) NH> at NH> org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:412) NH> at NH> org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:534) NH> at NH> org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalWithLifecycle(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:475) NH> at NH> org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:454) NH> at NH> org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:306) NH> at NH> org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:273) NH> at NH> org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:140) NH> at NH> org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:322) NH> at NH> org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:115) NH> at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:256) NH> Cheers -- Peter Kriens Tel +33467542167 9C, Avenue St. Drézéry AOL,Yahoo: pkriens 34160 Beaulieu, France ICQ 255570717 Skype pkriens Fax +1 8153772599