On 4/4/06, dan tran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <packaging>pom</packaging>
Yep, that did the trick. Thanks! if you want to deploy your .swf file, use build-helper-maven-plugin to > attach > that artifact to the project to be deploy/install Hmm, I've been using deploy:deploy-file up 'til now, but I'm far from au fait with respect to the way deployment works. Could you clarify, please? -- Martin Cooper -D > > > On 4/4/06, Martin Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have a project that generates a Flash SWF file as its artifact. At the > > moment, I have the 'packaging' value set to 'jar', for lack of a better > > value. The problem is that this causes an empty jar file to be created, > > alongside my SWF file. However, I don't see how I can avoid this, since > > the > > other "built in" packaging types (e.g. war, ear) are no better suited to > > my > > needs. > > > > My POM is very simple, comprising only the use of the dependency and > exec > > plugins. Looking at the M2 docs, the only way I see to have a custom > > packaging is to define it within a custom plugin. However, I don't need > > any > > additional plugins, and that seems like a complicated way to solve a > > simple > > problem. Is there some other way I can either define a custom packaging > > (or > > just a lifecycle), or even just tell the jar packaging not to do most of > > what it does by default? > > > > -- > > Martin Cooper > > > > > >