David, When the dependency plugin unpacks an artifact, it puts a marker file in the 'markersDirectory' [1] so that it doesn't unpack that same artifact a second time.
When you run "mvn clean", that 'markersDirectory' is cleared out, along with all other build output. Is it possible that the absence of classes from your dependent jar files is due to the presence of one or more marker files in the 'markersDirectory' that were placed there during the previous build? [1] http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/unpack-dependenc ies-mojo.html#markersDirectory Ron Gallagher -----Original Message----- From: KARR, DAVID (ATTSI) Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 1:02 PM To: users@maven.apache.org Subject: Why would "unpack-dependencies" sometimes not do its job? I'm using both "maven-dependency-plugin" and "maven-jar-plugin" so all of my application classes and dependent classes go into a single jar file. Every once in a while I discover that the resulting jar file doesn't have my dependent classes. If I then do "mvn clean" and then "mvn" (default goal of install), it works fine. At the time it's happened, I didn't have the presence of mind to check my "target/classes" directory to verify it was "maven-dependency-plugin" that failed to do its work. As the job of "maven-jar-plugin" is much simpler, I don't think it's likely this is the problem. My plugin configs follow this. Any ideas why this might be happening? ------------------ <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.3</version> <executions> <execution> <id>copy</id> <phase>prepare-package</phase> <goals> <goal>unpack-dependencies</goal> </goals> <configuration> <includeScope>compile</includeScope> <excludeScope>test</excludeScope> <outputDirectory>target/classes</outputDirectory> </configuration> </execution> </executions> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.3.1</version> <configuration> <classesDirectory>target/classes</classesDirectory> <archive> <manifest> <mainClass>mypackage.MyClass</mainClass> <addDefaultImplementationEntries>true</addDefaultImplementationEntries> </manifest> </archive> </configuration> </plugin> ------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
