Hi, any solution in sight? I have exactly the same problem, using maven-release-plugin:2.0-beta-7
C:\LocalViewsMaven\gide-common-main\pdv_cms\GDCAMS\src\gide-common>mvn -Dbasedir=C:\Release -DworkingDirectory=C:\Release -X release:perform [DEBUG] Configuring mojo 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin:2.0-beta-7:perform' --> [DEBUG] (s) basedir = C:\LocalViewsMaven\gide-common-main\pdv_cms\GDCAMS\src\gide-common [DEBUG] (f) project = MavenProject: com.gide.common:gide-common:3.2.0-SNAPSHOT @ C:\LocalViewsMaven\gide-common-main\pdv_cms\GDCAMS\src\gide-common\pom.xml [DEBUG] (f) reactorProjects = [MavenProject: com.gide.common:gide-common:3.2.0-SNAPSHOT @ C:\LocalViewsMaven\gide-common-main\pdv_cms\GDCAMS\src\gide-common\pom.xml] [DEBUG] (f) scmCommentPrefix = [maven-release-plugin] [DEBUG] (f) settings = [EMAIL PROTECTED] [DEBUG] (f) useReleaseProfile = true [DEBUG] (f) workingDirectory = C:\LocalViewsMaven\gide-common-main\pdv_cms\GDCAMS\src\gide-common\target\checkout [DEBUG] -- end configuration -- [INFO] [release:perform] [INFO] Checking out the project to perform the release ... [DEBUG] viewName = 'reinhart-d167961-maven' ; configSpec = 'load /pdv_cms/GDCAMS/src/gide-common' [DEBUG] executing checkout command... [DEBUG] Tag: gide-common-3.1.0 [DEBUG] Running with CLEARCASE null [INFO] Executing: C:\LocalViewsMaven\gide-common-main\pdv_cms\GDCAMS\src\gide-common\target>>cleartool mkview -snapshot -tag reinhart-d167961-maven-checkout -vws \\d167961\kmdata\reinhart-d167961-maven-checkout.vws C:\LocalViewsMaven\gide-common-main\pdv_cms\GDCAMS\src\gide-common\target\checkout [ERROR] The cleartool command failed. [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] BUILD FAILURE [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Unable to checkout from SCM Provider message: The cleartool command failed. Command output: cleartool: Error: A view cannot be created under another view's storage directory or snapshot view storage directory. [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [DEBUG] Trace org.apache.maven.BuildFailureException: Unable to checkout from SCM Provider message: The cleartool command failed. Command output: => The parameters -Dbasedir and -DworkingDirectory are not passed to the plugin. thanx, Torsten