Hi, I'm running into an issue where my Maven build is failing to an error in the maven-metadata. The error message I'm getting:
Reason: Error getting POM for 'org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin' from the repository: Unable to read local copy of metadata: Cannot read metadata from '/home/csdptest/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/mojo/rpm-maven-plugin/2.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata-Maven_Snapshots.xml': end tag name </body> must match start tag name <hr> from line 7 (position: TEXT seen ...</address>\n</body>... @9:8) org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin:pom:2.1-SNAPSHOT There's an HTML syntax error in the maven-metadata, so instead of <hr/>, its <hr>. Aside from this error, there's a ton of WARNING message on CHECKSUM FAILED. Any ideas how to solve this problem? Here's the error message from my build: [INFO] task-segment: [clean, install] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] snapshot org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin:2.1-SNAPSHOT: checking for updates from Maven_Snapshots [WARNING] *** CHECKSUM FAILED - Checksum failed on download: local = '5e9cd80472ec4cd77082a032228e3e8720eff2f4'; remote = '<!DOCTYPE' - RETRYING [WARNING] *** CHECKSUM FAILED - Checksum failed on download: local = '5e9cd80472ec4cd77082a032228e3e8720eff2f4'; remote = '<!DOCTYPE' - IGNORING [INFO] snapshot org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin:2.1-SNAPSHOT: checking for updates from codehaus_plugin_repo [WARNING] *** CHECKSUM FAILED - Checksum failed on download: local = '44f24a47e1e79ee68ca76b688c72f121a67123e4'; remote = '<!DOCTYPE' - RETRYING [WARNING] *** CHECKSUM FAILED - Checksum failed on download: local = '44f24a47e1e79ee68ca76b688c72f121a67123e4'; remote = '<!DOCTYPE' - IGNORING [INFO] snapshot org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin:2.1-SNAPSHOT: checking for updates from Maven2_repo_1 [INFO] snapshot org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin:2.1-SNAPSHOT: checking for updates from codehausSnapshots [WARNING] *** CHECKSUM FAILED - Checksum failed on download: local = '5e9cd80472ec4cd77082a032228e3e8720eff2f4'; remote = '<!DOCTYPE' - RETRYING [WARNING] *** CHECKSUM FAILED - Checksum failed on download: local = '5e9cd80472ec4cd77082a032228e3e8720eff2f4'; remote = '<!DOCTYPE' - IGNORING [INFO] snapshot org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin:2.1-SNAPSHOT: checking for updates from csdphttpRepository [INFO] snapshot org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin:2.1-SNAPSHOT: checking for updates from tlc [WARNING] repository metadata for: 'snapshot org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin:2.1-SNAPSHOT' could not be retrieved from repository: tlc due to an error: Error transferring file [INFO] Repository 'tlc' will be blacklisted [INFO] snapshot org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin:2.1-SNAPSHOT: checking for updates from Maven Snapshots [WARNING] *** CHECKSUM FAILED - Checksum failed on download: local = '5e9cd80472ec4cd77082a032228e3e8720eff2f4'; remote = '<!DOCTYPE' - RETRYING [WARNING] *** CHECKSUM FAILED - Checksum failed on download: local = '5e9cd80472ec4cd77082a032228e3e8720eff2f4'; remote = '<!DOCTYPE' - IGNORING [INFO] snapshot org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin:2.1-SNAPSHOT: checking for updates from codehausmojorepo [WARNING] *** CHECKSUM FAILED - Checksum failed on download: local = '44f24a47e1e79ee68ca76b688c72f121a67123e4'; remote = '<!DOCTYPE' - RETRYING [WARNING] *** CHECKSUM FAILED - Checksum failed on download: local = '44f24a47e1e79ee68ca76b688c72f121a67123e4'; remote = '<!DOCTYPE' - IGNORING [INFO] snapshot org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin:2.1-SNAPSHOT: checking for updates from mavenrepo1 [INFO] snapshot org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin:2.1-SNAPSHOT: checking for updates from csdpRepository [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] BUILD ERROR [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Error building POM (may not be this project's POM). Project ID: org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin Reason: Error getting POM for 'org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin' from the repository: Unable to read local copy of metadata: Cannot read metadata from '/home/csdptest/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/mojo/rpm-maven-plugin/2.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata-Maven_Snapshots.xml': end tag name </body> must match start tag name <hr> from line 7 (position: TEXT seen ...</address>\n</body>... @9:8) org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin:pom:2.1-SNAPSHOT for project org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Trace org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Unable to build project for plugin 'org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin': Error getting POM for 'org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin' from the repository: Unable to read local copy of metadata: Cannot read metadata from '/home/csdptest/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/mojo/rpm-maven-plugin/2.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata-Maven_Snapshots.xml': end tag name </body> must match start tag name <hr> from line 7 (position: TEXT seen ...</address>\n</body>... @9:8) org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin:pom:2.1-SNAPSHOT for project org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.verifyPlugin (DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1295) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.bindPluginToLifecycle (DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1242) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.constructLifecycleMappings (DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1008) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal (DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:478) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures (DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:331) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments (DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:292) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute (DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:142) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:345) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:132) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:290) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:85) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:58) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:60) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:391) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced (Launcher.java:315) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode (Launcher.java:430) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375) Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.InvalidPluginException: Unable to build project for plugin 'org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin': Error getting POM for 'org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin' from the repository: Unable to read local copy of metadata: Cannot read metadata from '/home/csdptest/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/mojo/rpm-maven-plugin/2.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata-Maven_Snapshots.xml': end tag name </body> must match start tag name <hr> from line 7 (position: TEXT seen ...</address>\n</body>... @9:8) org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin:pom:2.1-SNAPSHOT for project org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.checkRequiredMavenVersion (DefaultPluginManager.java:281) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.verifyVersionedPlugin (DefaultPluginManager.java:197) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.verifyPlugin (DefaultPluginManager.java:176) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.verifyPlugin (DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1278) ... 18 more Caused by: org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingException: Error getting POM for 'org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin' from the repository: Unable to read local copy of metadata: Cannot read metadata from '/home/csdptest/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/mojo/rpm-maven-plugin/2.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata-Maven_Snapshots.xml': end tag name </body> must match start tag name <hr> from line 7 (position: TEXT seen ...</address>\n</body>... @9:8) org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin:pom:2.1-SNAPSHOT for project org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.findModelFromRepository (DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:589) at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.buildFromRepository (DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:248) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.checkRequiredMavenVersion (DefaultPluginManager.java:265) ... 21 more Caused by: org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactResolutionException: Unable to read local copy of metadata: Cannot read metadata from '/home/csdptest/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/mojo/rpm-maven-plugin/2.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata-Maven_Snapshots.xml': end tag name </body> must match start tag name <hr> from line 7 (position: TEXT seen ...</address>\n</body>... @9:8) org.codehaus.mojo:rpm-maven-plugin:pom:2.1-SNAPSHOT at org.apache.maven.artifact.transform.SnapshotTransformation.transformForResolve (SnapshotTransformation.java:68) at org.apache.maven.artifact.transform.DefaultArtifactTransformationManager.transformForResolve (DefaultArtifactTransformationManager.java:57) at org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolve (DefaultArtifactResolver.java:129) at org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolve (DefaultArtifactResolver.java:74) at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.findModelFromRepository (DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:555) ... 23 more Caused by: org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.RepositoryMetadataResolutionException: Unable to read local copy of metadata: Cannot read metadata from '/home/csdptest/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/mojo/rpm-maven-plugin/2.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata-Maven_Snapshots.xml': end tag name </body> must match start tag name <hr> from line 7 (position: TEXT seen ...</address>\n</body>... @9:8) at org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.DefaultRepositoryMetadataManager.resolve (DefaultRepositoryMetadataManager.java:175) at org.apache.maven.artifact.transform.AbstractVersionTransformation.resolveVersion (AbstractVersionTransformation.java:65) at org.apache.maven.artifact.transform.SnapshotTransformation.transformForResolve (SnapshotTransformation.java:63) ... 27 more Caused by: org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.RepositoryMetadataReadException: Cannot read metadata from '/home/csdptest/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/mojo/rpm-maven-plugin/2.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata-Maven_Snapshots.xml': end tag name </body> must match start tag name <hr> from line 7 (position: TEXT seen ...</address>\n</body>... @9:8) at org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.DefaultRepositoryMetadataManager.readMetadata (DefaultRepositoryMetadataManager.java:323) at org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.DefaultRepositoryMetadataManager.loadMetadata (DefaultRepositoryMetadataManager.java:275) at org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.DefaultRepositoryMetadataManager.mergeMetadata (DefaultRepositoryMetadataManager.java:198) at org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.DefaultRepositoryMetadataManager.resolve (DefaultRepositoryMetadataManager.java:166) ... 29 more Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.XmlPullParserException: end tag name </body> must match start tag name <hr> from line 7 (position: TEXT seen ...</address>\n</body>... @9:8) at hidden.org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.MXParser.parseEndTag (MXParser.java(Compiled Code)) at hidden.org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.MXParser.nextImpl (MXParser.java(Compiled Code)) at hidden.org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.MXParser.next (MXParser.java(Compiled Code)) at org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.io.xpp3.MetadataXpp3Reader.parseMetadata (MetadataXpp3Reader.java:482) at org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.io.xpp3.MetadataXpp3Reader.read (MetadataXpp3Reader.java:986) at org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.DefaultRepositoryMetadataManager.readMetadata (DefaultRepositoryMetadataManager.java:310) ... 32 more [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 17 seconds [INFO] Finished at: Fri Aug 27 13:14:18 CDT 2010 [INFO] Final Memory: 14M/59M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enrique