Hi, Yes sorry I didn't catch that - the other pom should have a dependency management not a dependency section! You want to enforce versions not dependencies.
Nicole On 25/02/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does your setup work when maven is run from the command-line? > If so, then that is a bug in the maven-eclipse-plugin, not in maven > itself. > > I'm not entirely convinced that the whole idea of having a block of > dependencies that multiple projects depend on is useful. Why would you > want such a thing? A project should normally declare exactly the > dependencies it needs, no more and no less. It would be odd for several > projects to have exactly the same dependencies. > > Anyway, the obvious way of managing "shared" dependencies (assuming you > really want to) would be to have a common parent pom, not by separating > out dependencies into a separate pom-project that is used as a dependency. > > However I cannot see why a pom-only dependency wouldn't work. If it > works in maven from the command-line, but the maven-eclipse-plugin > cannot handle it, then I suggest you file a bug against the > maven-eclipse-plugin. > > Are you perhaps trying to force specific versions of transient > dependencies to be used, eg you are depending on external projects and > want to be sure that *if* library Foo is pulled in transiently then a > specific version is used? That is handled via dependencyManagement, not > dependency declarations... > > Regards, > Simon > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > > Hi Nicole, > > > > Thanks for the prompt reply. > > Yes the packaging is POM and it works (therefor) now. > > BUT: > > only > > mvn eclipse:eclipse > > now just wants to download the jar. > > > > mit freundlichen Grüßen/best regards > > > > Wolfgang Schrecker > > > > > > > > "Nicole Lacoste" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > il.com > > An > > "Maven Users List" > > 25.02.2008 14:09 <users@maven.apache.org> > > > Kopie > > > > Bitte > antworten Thema > > an Re: simple question concerning > > "Maven Users transitive dependencies [Virus > > List" checked] > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > he.org> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Wolfgang, > > > > Make sure that in the pom that contains the dependencies has right > > <packaging>. It should be pom, if you don't mention packaging the > default > > is jar. When you depend on this artifact you need to mention type, I am > > not > > sure what you put here? Maybe pom too? We have the same sort of thing, > but > > we define this artifact as the parent of all our projects. > > > > Viel Gluck, > > > > Nicole > > > > On 25/02/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hi All, > >> > >> in some projects, we need the same dependencies. > >> Although there must be a better way, I create a pom by hand containing > >> those dependencies in my local repository > >> and declared one dependency in the project to pull in that list. > >> Unfortunately, it does not work and MAVEN complains, there is no jar > file > >> for this dependency (and there isn't, of cause). > >> > >> Can someone point me to some docs explaining how to set up these > >> transitive > >> dependencies ? > >> > >> And how do I install those into a repository (like archiva) ? > >> > >> mit freundlichen Grüßen/best regards > >> > >> Wolfgang Schrecker > >> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
