Thanks Alex... I'm back in business. The strange thing is that I didn't have to delete anything from my repo and the archetype just worked today.?.?
How could something get corrupted like you described? Erik > I had this bugger bite me during an "Evangelizing session" just yesterday > at > around the time you posted this (mine involved the quickstart archetype > thought). > > I was also behind a proxy there. But the problem was that the archetypes > metadata got corrupted somehow. Go check > ${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/archetypes/maven-archetype-webapp/maven-*.xml > > If you see something like this: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><metadata> > <groupId>org.apache.maven.archetypes</groupId> > <artifactId>maven-archetype-webapp</artifactId> > <version>1.0-alpha-4</version> > </metadata> > with missing <versioning> then we saw the same bugger. > > Just nuke the > ${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/archetypes/maven-archetype-webapp > folder from your local repository and try again. > > I've just tried your command behind the corporate proxy here and it > succeeded. > > My 2¢, > Alex > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/problem-with-archetype-tf4070979s177.html#a11582912 > Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]