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Guillaume Boué commented on MNG-6122: ------------------------------------- It seems this issue was created twice. The same can be found in MNG-6123. I'll close this one as duplicate. > detect self references in POM and fail fast > ------------------------------------------- > > Key: MNG-6122 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6122 > Project: Maven > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Bootstrap & Build, Dependencies > Affects Versions: 3.3.9 > Environment: Oracle JDK 1.8.0_111 on Linux 4.8 x64 > Reporter: Gregor B. Rosenauer > Labels: build, easyfix > > Maven does not detect self references in a POM and tries to download the > artifact it is about to build, which makes no sense and should result in an > early error and abort of the build. > E.g. pseudo POM: > {code} > <groupId>org.my.acme</groupId> > <artifactId>my-module</artifactId> > <version>1.2.3</version> > <dependencies> > ... > <dependency> > <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId> > <artifactId>my-module</artifactId> > <version>${project.version}</version> > <dependency> > <dependencies> > {code} > Maven tries to download my-module.jar but obviously fails... -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)