Hi all, I'm using the dependency plugin to unpack artifacts, and I've ran into a little problem. I can leave out the <version> tag for the artificat if it is an immediate dependency listed earlier in the pom.xml, but for a dependency of a dependency, I can't leave it out; It gives an error :(
How come normal dependency resolution can figure out all the versions for the entire tree of dependencies, but the dependency plugin can't? Having the version number in the <artifactItem> where I do the unpack will cause a maintenance nightmare. If A -> B -> C and I update C to a new version, A will correctly get the new version of C into the repository, but it won't unpack the new version of C when I don't update that version number in <artifactItem> where I do the unpack. On a related note, is there a way to get it to automatically unpack every dependency, without having to write out a bunch of <artifactItem>? In other words, could I write a plugin that would do the equivalent of a "dependency:resolve" to figure out what all the dependencies are and their versions, and then do an unpack on each one. Or better yet, somehow hook into the normal dependency resolve goal and do it there (if an <unpack>true</unpack> is specified with that dependency). Thanks, Phillip --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
