On Wednesday 28 June 2006 16:03, Graham Leggett wrote: > On Wed, June 28, 2006 3:41 pm, Tomasz Pik wrote: > >> Why is maven2 trying to read the metadata file, when the jar file is > >> already present? > > > > To find out, if there are also dependencies, that needs to be downloaded > > and so on. > > But the dependancy in question was installed manually by a human using > install:install-file, which means there will never be any depedancies > unless also specified by the human. > > It would make the most sense that install:install-file created an empty > pom by default, to stop the unnecessary network traffic and warnings.
Use -DgeneratePom=true. This option has apparantly been set to false per default (used to be true in the 2.0.2 release...) > > >> Is there some way to tell maven2 "this is a local file in the local > >> repository, do not try and download this file remotely"? > > > > Install them in local repository with generic POM, see > > http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-3rd-party-jars-remote.html > > This describes the deployment of files to a remote repository. What I need > is for install:install-file to install the files correctly in the local > repository only. > > Having used maven 1 for a number of years, installing files into a local > repository was no trouble at all. So far maven 2's repository handling is > a nightmare in comparison. > > Regards, > Graham > -- > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
