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nodje edited comment on MNG-2532 at 1/11/12 3:04 AM: ----------------------------------------------------- +1 this would be highly useful. was (Author: nodje): +1 Please reopen, this would be highly useful. > System properties cannot be set from Profiles or Settings.xml > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MNG-2532 > URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-2532 > Project: Maven 2 & 3 > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Profiles, Settings > Affects Versions: 2.0.4 > Environment: Windows XP > Reporter: Peter Pilgrim > > Hi All > With the maven-antrun-plugin in Maven 2.0.4 is it possibly to define a system > property. Instead of me doing this all the time. > mvn install -Duser.install.root="C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer" > For more info on the context see my blog > http://www.jroller.com/page/peter_pilgrim?entry=how_to_configure_xemacs_http > Specifically the system properties is not set up following to either a > profiles.xml or settings.xml file by Maven 2 > Possibly the system property I need is not also transfered to the Ant task > using the maven-antrun-plugin. > /* profiles.xml */ > <profiles> > <profile> > <id>user-install-root</id> > <activation> > <property> > <name>!user.install.root</name> > </property> > </activation> > <properties> > <user.install.root>C:\\Program > Files\\IBM\\WebSphere\\AppServer</user.install.root> > </properties> > </profile> > </profiles> > Running mvn help:active-profiles, however, does show that the profile has > been read. > C:\WORKSP~2\M2SPRI~1\ejb>mvn help:active-profiles > [INFO] Scanning for projects... > [INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'help'. > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > [INFO] Building Maven 2.0 Spring EJB Research Project (EJB Module) > [INFO] task-segment: [help:active-profiles] (aggregator-style) > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > [INFO] [help:active-profiles] > [INFO] > Active Profiles for Project > 'com.ubs.firc.ptsp.research.ejb:M2SpringEJBExample-e > jb:ejb:1.0-SNAPSHOT': > The following profiles are active: > - user-install-root (source: profiles.xml) > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] Total time: 1 second > [INFO] Finished at: Tue Aug 29 10:46:31 BST 2006 > [INFO] Final Memory: 2M/5M > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > C:\WORKSP~2\M2SPRI~1\ejb> > Thanks Peter Pilgrim -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira