It is not possible to package empty war. ----------------------------------------
Key: MWAR-126 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MWAR-126 Project: Maven 2.x War Plugin Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 2.0.2 Reporter: Libor Kramolis Priority: Critical Attachments: war-bug.txt If there is no java sources and no resources (src/main/java and src/main/resources does not exist) it is not possible to package war application. But if I do NOT user classifier of war plugin there is no problem while war:war goal. -- org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Error installing artifact: File d:\work\tutor\development\tutorialproject-war_ws\target\classes does not exist at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:564) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalWithLifecycle(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:480) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:459) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:311) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:278) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:143) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:334) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:125) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:280) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375) Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException: Error installing artifact: File d:\work\tutor\development\tutorialproject-war_ws\target\classes does not exist at org.apache.maven.plugin.install.InstallMojo.execute(InstallMojo.java:143) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:443) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:539) ... 16 more Caused by: org.apache.maven.artifact.installer.ArtifactInstallationException: Error installing artifact: File d:\work\tutor\development\tutorialproject-war_ws\target\classes does not exist at org.apache.maven.artifact.installer.DefaultArtifactInstaller.install(DefaultArtifactInstaller.java:87) at org.apache.maven.plugin.install.InstallMojo.execute(InstallMojo.java:105) ... 18 more Caused by: java.io.IOException: File d:\work\tutor\development\tutorialproject-war_ws\target\classes does not exist at hidden.org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils.copyFile(FileUtils.java:845) at org.apache.maven.artifact.installer.DefaultArtifactInstaller.install(DefaultArtifactInstaller.java:73) ... 19 more -- -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira