Simon, that's a good idea. I wish I had captured the output from when it failed. I removed the plugin and ran "mvn validate" and this time it worked fine. I don't know whether to :-) or :-(
This time: [INFO] artifact org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-antrun-plugin: checking for updates from apache.incubator [INFO] artifact org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-antrun-plugin: checking for updates from codehaus-snapshot [INFO] artifact org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-antrun-plugin: checking for updates from central Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-antrun-plugin/1.1/maven-antrun-plugin-1.1.pom 1K downloaded Matthew "Simon Laws" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 25/02/2008 12:06 Please respond to tuscany-dev@ws.apache.org To tuscany-dev@ws.apache.org cc Subject Re: Problems with maven-antrun-plugin On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 9:16 AM, Matthew Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had a problem to do with maven-antrun-plugin while doing a Tuscany > build, and I mention it in case anyone else ever has the same difficulty. > > I was starting with a fresh install of maven, and thus a fresh maven > repository. During the build it wanted to download and install > maven-antrun-plugin, but could not seem to find it automatically, even > though it had found and installed hundreds of others with no difficulty. I > went and downloaded three different versions from the maven plugin site > http://maven.apache.org/plugins/ and installed them successfully ...I > think ....with maven install:install-file etc. etc. but the build was > still never satisfied. Also, when installed, there was only ever just the > jar file inside the repository - other plugins I have installed always > have a .pom file too. The only way I fixed it in the end was to ask > someone else to zip up and send me the plugin from their repository - this > did include both jar and pom. > > So, I don't know why this plugin was different from others, and I assume > it is a problem that only people starting with a fresh maven will run > into. > > Matthew > > > > > > > Unless stated otherwise above: > IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number > 741598. > Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU > > > > > > Hi Matthew Can you say where maven was trying, and failing, to download the antrun plugin from in your case. Maybe there is a problem with the repo that holds this plugin. Regards Simon Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU
