Plugin prefix can't be resolved from plugin management if management entry is missing plugin version ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key: MNG-4586 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-4586 Project: Maven 2 & 3 Issue Type: Bug Components: Plugins and Lifecycle Affects Versions: 3.0-alpha-7 Reporter: Benjamin Bentmann Priority: Minor For a POM snippet like {code:xml} <build> <pluginManagement> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugin</groupId> <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-expression</artifactId> <!-- version omitted --> </plugin> </plugins> </pluginManagement> </build> {code} and the command "mvn itexpression:eval" we end up with {noformat} [WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for Plugin [org.apache.maven.its.plugin:maven-it-plugin-expression]: null java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginDescriptorCache$CacheKey.<init>(DefaultPluginDescriptorCache.java:148) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginDescriptorCache.createKey(DefaultPluginDescriptorCache.java:61) at org.apache.maven.plugin.internal.DefaultMavenPluginManager.getPluginDescriptor(DefaultMavenPluginManager.java:121) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.loadPlugin(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:61) at org.apache.maven.plugin.prefix.internal.DefaultPluginPrefixResolver.resolveFromProject(DefaultPluginPrefixResolver.java:127) at org.apache.maven.plugin.prefix.internal.DefaultPluginPrefixResolver.resolveFromProject(DefaultPluginPrefixResolver.java:114) at org.apache.maven.plugin.prefix.internal.DefaultPluginPrefixResolver.resolve(DefaultPluginPrefixResolver.java:74) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.findPluginForPrefix(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1798) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.getMojoDescriptor(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1536) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.calculateTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:863) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.calculateProjectBuilds(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:751) ... [ERROR] No plugin found for prefix 'itexpression' in the current project [...] {noformat} -- 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