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Aaron Digulla commented on MNG-3523: ------------------------------------ Sweet. How did you fix it? > Bad error message if plugin.xml is missing/corrupt > -------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MNG-3523 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-3523 > Project: Maven 2 > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Plugin API > Affects Versions: 2.0.9 > Reporter: Aaron Digulla > Fix For: 2.0.10 > > > Take the JAR of the maven-resources-plugin, delete the file > META-INF/maven/plugin.xml and run maven. You'll get this error: > java.lang.IllegalStateException: The PluginDescriptor for the plugin Plugin > [org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin] was not found. -- 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