Thanks Wayne for making me think :) I resolved the warning by editing the pom.
I looked up the anti-virus I have, and I only have AVG which I am not able to turn off because of insufficient privileges. I am surprised by the fact that re-running the command gets me a bit more further in the downloads each time. If it is an antivirus, should it not always block the same download? Thanks!! C:\development\Workspace1\project1>mvn eclipse:eclipse [INFO] Scanning for projects... [WARNING] The POM for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:jar:3.0.3 is missing, no dependency information available [WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.0.3: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compile r-plugin:3.0.3 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin :jar:3.0.3 Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/2.8/maven-eclipse-plugin-2.8.jar Terminate batch job (Y/N)? y C:\development\Workspace1\project1>mvn eclipse:eclipse [INFO] Scanning for projects... Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/2.8/maven-eclipse-plugin-2.8.jar Terminate batch job (Y/N)? y C:\development\Workspace1\project1>mvn eclipse:eclipse [INFO] Scanning for projects... Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/2.8/maven-eclipse-plugin-2.8.jar Downloaded: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/2.8/maven-eclipse-plugin-2.8.jar(202 KB at 210.4 KB/sec) [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building Struts 2 Starter 1.0 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] [INFO] >>> maven-eclipse-plugin:2.8:eclipse (default-cli) @ project1 >>> [INFO] [INFO] <<< maven-eclipse-plugin:2.8:eclipse (default-cli) @ project1 <<< [INFO] [INFO] --- maven-eclipse-plugin:2.8:eclipse (default-cli) @ project1 --- Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-archiver/1.0-alpha-7/plexus-archiver-1.0-alpha-7.pom <!--A big bunch of downloads completed here--> Downloaded: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/eclipse/core/resources/3.3.0-v20070604/resources-3.3.0-v20070604.jar(663 KB at 363.9 KB/sec) Terminate batch job (Y/N)? y C:\development\Workspace1\project1>mvn eclipse:eclipse [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building Struts 2 Starter 1.0 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] [INFO] >>> maven-eclipse-plugin:2.8:eclipse (default-cli) @ project1 >>> [INFO] [INFO] <<< maven-eclipse-plugin:2.8:eclipse (default-cli) @ project1 <<< [INFO] [INFO] --- maven-eclipse-plugin:2.8:eclipse (default-cli) @ project1 --- Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-archiver/1.0-alpha-7/plexus-archiver-1.0-alpha-7.jar Terminate batch job (Y/N)? y C:\development\Workspace1\project1>mvn eclipse:eclipse [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building Struts 2 Starter 1.0 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] [INFO] >>> maven-eclipse-plugin:2.8:eclipse (default-cli) @ project1 >>> [INFO] [INFO] <<< maven-eclipse-plugin:2.8:eclipse (default-cli) @ project1 <<< [INFO] [INFO] --- maven-eclipse-plugin:2.8:eclipse (default-cli) @ project1 --- Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-archiver/1.0-alpha-7/plexus-archiver-1.0-alpha-7.jar Downloaded: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-archiver/1.0-alpha-7/plexus-archiver-1.0-alpha-7.jar(139 KB at 174.3 KB/sec) [INFO] Using Eclipse Workspace: C:\development\Workspace1 [WARNING] Workspace defines a VM that does not contain a valid jre/lib/rt.jar: C:\devtools\java7u2 [INFO] Adding default classpath container: org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/J2SE-1.5 Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/commons-fileupload/commons-fileupload/1.1.1/commons-fileupload-1.1.1.pom <!-- Another big bunch of downloads completed here --> Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/javax/servlet/servlet-api/2.4/servlet-api-2.4.jar Terminate batch job (Y/N)? y C:\development\Workspace1\project1>mvn eclipse:eclipse [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building Struts 2 Starter 1.0 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] [INFO] >>> maven-eclipse-plugin:2.8:eclipse (default-cli) @ project1 >>> [INFO] [INFO] <<< maven-eclipse-plugin:2.8:eclipse (default-cli) @ project1 <<< [INFO] [INFO] --- maven-eclipse-plugin:2.8:eclipse (default-cli) @ project1 --- [INFO] Using Eclipse Workspace: C:\development\Workspace1 [WARNING] Workspace defines a VM that does not contain a valid jre/lib/rt.jar: C:\devtools\java7u2 [INFO] Adding default classpath container: org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/J2SE-1.5 Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/javax/servlet/servlet-api/2.4/servlet-api-2.4.jar Downloaded: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/javax/servlet/servlet-api/2.4/servlet-api-2.4.jar(96 KB at 111.3 KB/sec) Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/struts/struts2-config-browser-plugin/2.1.8.1/struts2-config-browser-plugin-2.1.8.1.jar Downloaded: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/struts/struts2-config-browser-plugin/2.1.8.1/struts2-config-browser-plugin-2.1.8.1.jar(39 KB at 85.8 KB/sec) Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/struts/struts2-core/2.1.8.1/struts2-core-2.1.8.1.jar Terminate batch job (Y/N)? y C:\development\Workspace1\project1>mvn eclipse:eclipse [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building Struts 2 Starter 1.0 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] [INFO] >>> maven-eclipse-plugin:2.8:eclipse (default-cli) @ project1 >>> [INFO] [INFO] <<< maven-eclipse-plugin:2.8:eclipse (default-cli) @ project1 <<< [INFO] [INFO] --- maven-eclipse-plugin:2.8:eclipse (default-cli) @ project1 --- [INFO] Using Eclipse Workspace: C:\development\Workspace1 [WARNING] Workspace defines a VM that does not contain a valid jre/lib/rt.jar: C:\devtools\java7u2 [INFO] Adding default classpath container: org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/J2SE-1.5 Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/struts/struts2-core/2.1.8.1/struts2-core-2.1.8.1.jar 126 KB On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Wayne Fay <wayne...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It almost seems like it is an internet connectivity problem, but I don't > > see how it can be, when it can download some jars, but not the remaining > > ones. > ... > > C:\development\workspace1\project1>dir > > This kind of problem is nearly always related to some antivirus software > running on your Windows machine or on your network somewhere. Try turning > it off or whitelisting the Java.exe process. > > > [WARNING] 'build.plugins.plugin.version' for > > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin is missing. @ line 84, > > column 15 > > Well let's do a thought experiment. What do you think (as a new user to > Maven) that error message means? As an experienced Maven user, it is super > clear to me, but I'd like to hear what you are thinking. > > Wayne >
