Yes looking forward to it :) Am Do., 16. Apr. 2026 um 18:13 Uhr schrieb Jean-Baptiste Onofré < [email protected]>:
> Would it be possible for you to test with a SNAPSHOT I can provide to you? > > Regards > JB > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 5:47 PM Matthias Leinweber < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello JB, >> >> do you have any suggestions how i could debug my case? >> >> Am Di., 7. Apr. 2026 um 10:27 Uhr schrieb Matthias Leinweber < >> [email protected]>: >> >>> Hello JB, >>> >>> no grep " <repository" -A 5 * -R has n results in my assembly or did i >>> misunderstood your hint? >>> >>> regards, >>> Matthias >>> >>> >>> Am Mo., 6. Apr. 2026 um 08:15 Uhr schrieb Jean-Baptiste Onofré < >>> [email protected]>: >>> >>>> Can you check if you don't have empty <repository/> in your features >>>> repository XML ? >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> JB >>>> >>>> On Sun, Apr 5, 2026 at 6:22 PM Matthias Leinweber < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi JB, >>>>> >>>>> Is there a workaround for me? >>>>> >>>>> Br >>>>> Matthias >>>>> >>>>> Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> schrieb am So., 5. Apr. 2026, >>>>> 17:25: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I have created a pull request to address the exception encountered >>>>>> when a features repository contains an empty repo: >>>>>> https://github.com/apache/karaf/pull/2515 >>>>>> >>>>>> This should resolve the issue you reported. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> JB >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Apr 2, 2026 at 5:26 PM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks, let me investigate. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I will keep you posted. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>> JB >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2026 at 5:48 PM Matthias Leinweber >>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Sure >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi=" >>>>>>> http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation=" >>>>>>> http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 >>>>>>> http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > <artifactId>rahla</artifactId> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > <groupId>rahla.assembly</groupId> >>>>>>> > <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > <name>Rahla Assembly</name> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > <packaging>karaf-assembly</packaging> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > <parent> >>>>>>> > <artifactId>reactor</artifactId> >>>>>>> > <groupId>rahla</groupId> >>>>>>> > <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath> >>>>>>> > <version>1.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version> >>>>>>> > </parent> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > <dependencies> >>>>>>> > <dependency> >>>>>>> > <groupId>org.apache.karaf.features</groupId> >>>>>>> > <artifactId>framework</artifactId> >>>>>>> > <type>kar</type> >>>>>>> > <scope>compile</scope> >>>>>>> > </dependency> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > <dependency> >>>>>>> > <groupId>org.apache.karaf.features</groupId> >>>>>>> > <artifactId>framework</artifactId> >>>>>>> > <classifier>features</classifier> >>>>>>> > <type>xml</type> >>>>>>> > <scope>runtime</scope> >>>>>>> > </dependency> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > <dependency> >>>>>>> > <groupId>org.apache.karaf.features</groupId> >>>>>>> > <artifactId>standard</artifactId> >>>>>>> > <classifier>features</classifier> >>>>>>> > <type>xml</type> >>>>>>> > <scope>runtime</scope> >>>>>>> > </dependency> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > <dependency> >>>>>>> > <groupId>org.apache.karaf.features</groupId> >>>>>>> > <artifactId>spring-legacy</artifactId> >>>>>>> > <classifier>features</classifier> >>>>>>> > <type>xml</type> >>>>>>> > <scope>runtime</scope> >>>>>>> > </dependency> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > <dependency> >>>>>>> > <groupId>org.apache.karaf.features</groupId> >>>>>>> > <artifactId>enterprise</artifactId> >>>>>>> > <classifier>features</classifier> >>>>>>> > <type>xml</type> >>>>>>> > <scope>runtime</scope> >>>>>>> > </dependency> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > <dependency> >>>>>>> > <artifactId>apache-camel</artifactId> >>>>>>> > <classifier>features</classifier> >>>>>>> > <groupId>org.apache.camel.karaf</groupId> >>>>>>> > <scope>runtime</scope> >>>>>>> > <type>xml</type> >>>>>>> > </dependency> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > <dependency> >>>>>>> > <groupId>org.apache.karaf.features</groupId> >>>>>>> > <artifactId>specs</artifactId> >>>>>>> > <classifier>features</classifier> >>>>>>> > <type>xml</type> >>>>>>> > <scope>runtime</scope> >>>>>>> > </dependency> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > <dependency> >>>>>>> > <artifactId>rahla</artifactId> >>>>>>> > <classifier>features</classifier> >>>>>>> > <groupId>rahla.feature</groupId> >>>>>>> > <scope>runtime</scope> >>>>>>> > <type>xml</type> >>>>>>> > </dependency> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > <dependency> >>>>>>> > <artifactId>fradi</artifactId> >>>>>>> > <classifier>features</classifier> >>>>>>> > <groupId>rahla.feature</groupId> >>>>>>> > <scope>runtime</scope> >>>>>>> > <type>xml</type> >>>>>>> > </dependency> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > <dependency> >>>>>>> > <artifactId>graphsource</artifactId> >>>>>>> > <classifier>features</classifier> >>>>>>> > <groupId>rahla.feature</groupId> >>>>>>> > <scope>runtime</scope> >>>>>>> > <type>xml</type> >>>>>>> > </dependency> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > <dependency> >>>>>>> > <artifactId>jedissource</artifactId> >>>>>>> > <classifier>features</classifier> >>>>>>> > <groupId>rahla.feature</groupId> >>>>>>> > <scope>runtime</scope> >>>>>>> > <type>xml</type> >>>>>>> > </dependency> >>>>>>> > <dependency> >>>>>>> > <artifactId>camel-route-templates</artifactId> >>>>>>> > <classifier>features</classifier> >>>>>>> > <groupId>rahla.feature</groupId> >>>>>>> > <scope>runtime</scope> >>>>>>> > <type>xml</type> >>>>>>> > </dependency> >>>>>>> > <dependency> >>>>>>> > <artifactId>rahla-logging</artifactId> >>>>>>> > <classifier>features</classifier> >>>>>>> > <groupId>rahla.feature</groupId> >>>>>>> > <scope>compile</scope> >>>>>>> > <type>xml</type> >>>>>>> > </dependency> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > </dependencies> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > <build> >>>>>>> > <plugins> >>>>>>> > <plugin> >>>>>>> > <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId> >>>>>>> > <configuration> >>>>>>> > <skip>true</skip> >>>>>>> > </configuration> >>>>>>> > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> >>>>>>> > </plugin> >>>>>>> > <plugin> >>>>>>> > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> >>>>>>> > <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId> >>>>>>> > <configuration> >>>>>>> > <skip>true</skip> >>>>>>> > </configuration> >>>>>>> > </plugin> >>>>>>> > <plugin> >>>>>>> > <artifactId>karaf-maven-plugin</artifactId> >>>>>>> > <configuration> >>>>>>> > <archiveTarGz>false</archiveTarGz> >>>>>>> > <archiveZip>false</archiveZip> >>>>>>> > <startupFeatures> >>>>>>> > <feature>rahla-logging</feature> >>>>>>> > <feature>wrap</feature> >>>>>>> > </startupFeatures> >>>>>>> > <bootFeatures> >>>>>>> > <feature>standard</feature> >>>>>>> > <feature>scr</feature> >>>>>>> > <feature>spifly</feature> >>>>>>> > <feature>pax-web-http-undertow</feature> >>>>>>> > <feature>jolokia</feature> >>>>>>> > <feature>rahla</feature> >>>>>>> > </bootFeatures> >>>>>>> > <installedFeatures> >>>>>>> > <feature>fradi</feature> >>>>>>> > <feature>graphsource</feature> >>>>>>> > <feature>jedissource</feature> >>>>>>> > <feature>camel-route-templates</feature> >>>>>>> > </installedFeatures> >>>>>>> > <libraries> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <library>mvn:io.prometheus.jmx/jmx_prometheus_javaagent/${jmx_exporter.version}</library> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <library>mvn:io.opentelemetry.javaagent/opentelemetry-javaagent/${opentelemetry_agent.version}</library> >>>>>>> > </libraries> >>>>>>> > <blacklistedBundles> >>>>>>> > <bundle>mvn:org.apache.groovy/groovy/[4,5)</bundle> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> <bundle>mvn:com.fasterxml.woodstox/woodstox-core/7.0.0</bundle> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> <bundle>mvn:io.undertow/undertow-core/2.2.37.Final</bundle> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> <bundle>mvn:io.undertow/undertow-servlet/2.2.37.Final</bundle> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> <!--<bundle>mvn:org.codehaus.woodstox/stax2-api/4.2.1</bundle> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> <bundle>mvn:org.codehaus.woodstox/woodstox-core-asl/4.4.1</bundle> >>>>>>> > <bundle>mvn:org.yaml/snakeyaml/1.30</bundle>--> >>>>>>> > </blacklistedBundles> >>>>>>> > <javase>17</javase> >>>>>>> > </configuration> >>>>>>> > <groupId>org.apache.karaf.tooling</groupId> >>>>>>> > </plugin> >>>>>>> > </plugins> >>>>>>> > <resources> >>>>>>> > <resource> >>>>>>> > <directory>src/main/resources</directory> >>>>>>> > <filtering>false</filtering> >>>>>>> > <includes> >>>>>>> > <include>**/*</include> >>>>>>> > </includes> >>>>>>> > </resource> >>>>>>> > <resource> >>>>>>> > <directory>src/main/filtered-resources</directory> >>>>>>> > <filtering>true</filtering> >>>>>>> > <includes> >>>>>>> > <include>**/*</include> >>>>>>> > </includes> >>>>>>> > </resource> >>>>>>> > </resources> >>>>>>> > </build> >>>>>>> > </project> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Am Mi., 1. Apr. 2026 um 15:22 Uhr schrieb Jean-Baptiste Onofré < >>>>>>> [email protected]>: >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> Hi Matthias >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> I suspect it's related to a change I did on the >>>>>>> karaf-maven-plugin (around assembly). >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> Can you share with me the pom.xml to reproduce it ? >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> Thanks, >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> Regards >>>>>>> >> JB >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 6:46 PM Matthias Leinweber < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> >>> Dear Karaf Users, >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> >>> I am currently maintaining a Karaf assembly and am in the >>>>>>> process of upgrading to version 4.4.10. However, I am encountering an >>>>>>> error >>>>>>> message during startup and would appreciate guidance on how to begin >>>>>>> debugging this issue >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> >>> java.lang.RuntimeException: Repository spec is empty string. : >>>>>>> mvn:org.apache.karaf.features/standard/4.4.10/xml/features >>>>>>> >>> at >>>>>>> org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.RepositoryImpl.load(RepositoryImpl.java:121) >>>>>>> >>> at >>>>>>> org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.RepositoryImpl.<init>(RepositoryImpl.java:51) >>>>>>> >>> at >>>>>>> org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.RepositoryCacheImpl.create(RepositoryCacheImpl.java:51) >>>>>>> >>> at >>>>>>> org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.FeaturesServiceImpl.addRepository(FeaturesServiceImpl.java:386) >>>>>>> >>> at >>>>>>> org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.FeaturesServiceImpl.addRepository(FeaturesServiceImpl.java:381) >>>>>>> >>> at >>>>>>> org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.BootFeaturesInstaller.addRepositories(BootFeaturesInstaller.java:136) >>>>>>> >>> at >>>>>>> org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.BootFeaturesInstaller.installBootFeatures(BootFeaturesInstaller.java:95) >>>>>>> >>> at >>>>>>> org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.BootFeaturesInstaller.start(BootFeaturesInstaller.java:89) >>>>>>> >>> at >>>>>>> org.apache.karaf.features.internal.osgi.Activator.doStart(Activator.java:215) >>>>>>> >>> at >>>>>>> org.apache.karaf.util.tracker.BaseActivator.run(BaseActivator.java:312) >>>>>>> >>> at >>>>>>> java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:572) >>>>>>> >>> at >>>>>>> java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:317) >>>>>>> >>> at >>>>>>> java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1144) >>>>>>> >>> at >>>>>>> java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:642) >>>>>>> >>> at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583) >>>>>>> >>> Caused by: shaded.org.ops4j.lang.NullArgumentException: >>>>>>> Repository spec is empty string. >>>>>>> >>> at >>>>>>> shaded.org.ops4j.lang.NullArgumentException.validateNotEmpty(NullArgumentException.java:108) >>>>>>> >>> at >>>>>>> org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.internal.config.MavenRepositoryURL.<init>(MavenRepositoryURL.java:221) >>>>>>> >>> at >>>>>>> org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.internal.config.MavenConfigurationImpl.getRepositories(MavenConfigurationImpl.java:401) >>>>>>> >>> at >>>>>>> org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.internal.AetherBasedResolver.selectRemoteRepositories(AetherBasedResolver.java:928) >>>>>>> >>> at >>>>>>> org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.internal.AetherBasedResolver.resolve(AetherBasedResolver.java:368) >>>>>>> >>> at >>>>>>> org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.internal.AetherBasedResolver.resolve(AetherBasedResolver.java:352) >>>>>>> >>> at >>>>>>> org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.internal.AetherBasedResolver.resolve(AetherBasedResolver.java:322) >>>>>>> >>> at >>>>>>> org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.internal.AetherBasedResolver.resolve(AetherBasedResolver.java:312) >>>>>>> >>> at >>>>>>> org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.internal.Connection.getInputStream(Connection.java:120) >>>>>>> >>> at java.base/java.net.URL.openStream(URL.java:1325) >>>>>>> >>> at >>>>>>> org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.RepositoryImpl.load(RepositoryImpl.java:114) >>>>>>> >>> ... 14 more >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> >>> Could you please advise on the best approach or specific logs I >>>>>>> should examine to identify the root cause? I get this erorr for every >>>>>>> feature defined in my karaf-assembly >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> >>> Best regards, >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> >>> Matthias Leinweber >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>
