Bah. Sent by mistake ;-) I had to add this to my settings file.
<profile> <id>development</id> <activation> <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault> </activation> <repositories> <repository> <id>central</id> <url>http://central</url> <releases><enabled>true</enabled></releases> <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots> </repository> </repositories> </profile> This is already documented in the guide. Sorry for all the noice guys and thanks for helping. --- Todd Thiessen > -----Original Message----- > From: Thiessen, Todd (BVW:9T16) > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 4:44 PM > To: 'Maven Users List' > Subject: RE: Using a SNAPSHOT version for a parent > > Ok, I found the problem. > > It was in my settings.xml file. When you guys said "your > repository probably isn't setup correctly" I thought that > meant the repository itself (ie: Nexus). > > I had read this before in the definitive guide but it didn't > dawn on me right away. For anyone else who may want to know, > I had to add this to my settings file. > > > > > --- > Todd Thiessen > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Thiessen, Todd (BVW:9T16) > > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 3:57 PM > > To: Maven Users List > > Subject: RE: Using a SNAPSHOT version for a parent > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: sirly...@gmail.com [mailto:sirly...@gmail.com] On > > Behalf Of John > > > Stoneham > > > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 1:17 PM > > > To: Maven Users List > > > Subject: Re: Using a SNAPSHOT version for a parent > > > > > > >> > ie: Is this supported? > > > >> > > > > >> > <parent> > > > >> > <artifactId>theid</artifactId> > > > >> > <groupId>thegroup</groupId> > > > >> > <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version> > > > >> > </parent> > > > > > > Yep. Are you saying that, if no 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT already > > exists in your > > > local repository, but it does in the server repository, > > then it is not > > > downloaded by your local Maven run? > > > > > > If so it sounds like your repository may not be > configured to serve > > > snapshots, as Brian suggested. Maven should list the > > repositories it's > > > attempting to download from, and give you even more > > information if you > > > pass -X. > > > > > > - John > > > > Yes, I am saying exactly that. > > > > And it does list the repos it is trying to download from. > It just say > > it can't find it. Here is the exactly snippet of the error: > > > > > > Reason: Unable to download the artifact from any repository > > > > thegroup:theid:pom:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT > > > > from the specified remote repositories: > > Nexus (http://reposerver:8081/nexus/content/groups/public) > > > > > > The SNAPSHOT version is in my SNAPSHOT repo and the public > group does > > contain the SNAPSHOT repo. > > > > It is likely that my Nexus repository isn't properly setup. I don't > > know what I am supposed to specifically change though. > > Its policy is set to "snapshot" and I thought that was all that was > > needed. > > > > I will investigate further. > > > > --- > > Todd Thiessen > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org