I appreciate the assistance, but my question was this: Is it an error for there to be metadata in central for a snapshot plugin? It seems to me that we should not have any metadata in a release-only repository which resolves to a snapshot.
-----Original Message----- From: Dennis Lundberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 15:25 To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Problem Accessing docck Plugin Allison, Bob wrote: > I have seen references to the docck plugin floating around the list and > thought I would give it a try to see what it does. When I tried to > reference it on the command line, I got some strange output [1]. What > surprised me was that it resolved the version to a snapshot and tried to > get it from central. I checked my local repository and found > maven-metadata-central.xml [2] which explained why Maven resolved the > version. Is it an error for there to be metadata in central for a > snapshot plugin? > > > ------------------[1]-------------------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] logging]$ mvn docck:check > [INFO] Scanning for projects... > [INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'docck'. > [INFO] org.codehaus.mojo: checking for updates from central > [INFO] qaccess.plugins: checking for updates from central > [INFO] org.apache.maven.plugins: checking for updates from central > [INFO] artifact org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-docck-plugin: checking > for updates from central > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [ERROR] BUILD ERROR > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] Error building POM (may not be this project's POM). > > > Project ID: org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-docck-plugin > > Reason: Error getting POM for > 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-docck-plugin' from the repository: > Failed to resolve artifact, possibly due to a repository list that is > not appropriately equipped for this artifact's metadata. > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-docck-plugin:pom:1.0-SNAPSHOT > > from the specified remote repositories: > central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2) > > > > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] Total time: 12 seconds > [INFO] Finished at: Wed Jul 12 06:19:08 EDT 2006 > [INFO] Final Memory: 2M/4M > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ------------------[2]-------------------- > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><metadata> > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> > <artifactId>maven-docck-plugin</artifactId> > <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version> > <versioning> > <latest>1.0-SNAPSHOT</latest> > <versions> > <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version> > </versions> > <lastUpdated>20060711175747</lastUpdated> > </versioning> > </metadata> Here's what I did to make this work. I put this in my settings.xml file: ... <profiles> <profile> <id>apache</id> <repositories> <repository> <id>snapshots</id> <url>http://svn.apache.org/maven-snapshot-repository</url> </repository> </repositories> <pluginRepositories> <pluginRepository> <id>snapshots</id> <url>http://svn.apache.org/maven-snapshot-repository</url> </pluginRepository> </pluginRepositories> </profile> </profiles> ... And invoke maven like this: mvn -Papache docck:check -- Dennis Lundberg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This communication is the property of Qwest and may contain confidential or privileged information. Unauthorized use of this communication is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the communication and any attachments. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
