That might work. Where do I put the second pom.xml for the tests then?
The directory structure is like this: /main-project/pom.xml (contains all modules: moduleA -> moduleX) /main-project/moduleA/pom.xml /main-project/moduleA/src /main-project/moduleA/test/src .... So I put another pom.xml in /main-project/moduleA/test? Ken On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 1:16 AM, Manfred Moser <manf...@mosabuam.com> wrote: > Pull the test code out into a separate module that makes everything > available you need in there.. and run the test there. > > manfred > http://simpligility.com > > On Fri, June 8, 2012 9:32 pm, Ken E wrote: > > I am working on modernizing an older project to be used with Maven. The > > project is very large and has around 30 modules in it. > > > > As far as the main source code is concerned, I managed to get all of it > to > > compile and establish the dependencies correctly. It actually works and > it > > can be run through Maven's tomcat plugin. > > > > The problem is with compiling the tests. > > > > Unfortunately, this company did not apply the same dependency > restrictions > > for their test code as they did with their main source code. > > > > For example, C depends on B, and B depends on A in the main source code. > > However, A depends on C to run its tests. Obviously, Maven is going to > > complain and say there is a cyclic dependency. > > > > Besides out-right fixing the code (which is sadly not going to happen on > > this project - it's tens of millions of lines), is there any way to tell > > Maven, "Please compile ALL of the main source code first, then compile > ALL > > of the test code afterward" ? Or is there any other solution around this > > problem? > > > > Many Thanks, > > Ken > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > >