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Benjamin Bentmann closed MNG-4617. ---------------------------------- Resolution: Cannot Reproduce Assignee: Benjamin Bentmann > Incorrect/misleading error message when typo in module section > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MNG-4617 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-4617 > Project: Maven 2 & 3 > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Command Line > Affects Versions: 3.0-alpha-7 > Reporter: Max Andersen > Assignee: Benjamin Bentmann > Attachments: MNG-4617.zip > > > I have a module in a folder called "tests" > In the parent folder I put a pom with: > <module>test</module> > i.e. the folder name does not actually exist and the error received is: > [ERROR] The build could not read 1 project -> [Help 1] > [ERROR] The project > (/Users/max/Documents/code/jbosstools/modular_build/test) has 1 error > [ERROR] Non-parseable POM > /Users/max/Documents/code/jbosstools/modular_build/test: only whitespace > content allowed before start tag and not [ (position: START_DOCUMENT seen > [... @1:1) -> [Help 2] > [ERROR] > [ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e > switch. > [ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging. > [ERROR] > [ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please > read the following articles: > [ERROR] [Help 1] > http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/ProjectBuildingException > [ERROR] [Help 2] > http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/ModelParseException > I would say it would make better sense to check if the file actually exists > and report the file as not there instead of a parse error which send me on to > a hunt for a typo in tests/pom.xml (since I didn't spot the missing 's' for a > while :) -- 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