Problem using central Maven repository

[Morgovsky, Alexander \(US - Glen Mills\)]

I am now bewildered by what is going on here.  The maven-scm-plugin is
clearly defined in the ibiblio repository.  I am not overriding
anything, and yet I get this error when I try to build the pom.  May
someone please tell me what is happening?

<build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>maven</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>1.5-beta-3</version>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
  </build>

[ERROR] FATAL ERROR
[INFO]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] null
[INFO]
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[INFO] Trace
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at
org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.addPlugin(DefaultPluginMana
ger.java:292)
        at
org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.verifyVersionedPlugin(Defau
ltPluginManager.java:198)
        at
org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.verifyPlugin(DefaultPluginM
anager.java:163) 


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