I think the statement "profiles are not inherited" is not strictly true. Activation with <file> does not work on an inherited basis. But direct activation at the command line with -P does work, even if the profile is defined in a parent pom.
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Asmann, Roland <roland.asm...@adesso.at> wrote: > OK, so why isn't this one activated? It should be imho... > > > On 10.06.2011 15:53, Stephen Connolly wrote: >> profiles are not inherited... the results of activating them in the >> reactor are inherited >> >> On 10 June 2011 14:48, Asmann, Roland <roland.asm...@adesso.at> wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I have this profile defined in a parent-POM: >> > >> > <profile> >> > <id>default-code-coverage</id> >> > <activation> >> > <file> >> > <exists>src/main/java</exists> >> > </file> >> > </activation> >> > </profile> >> > >> > Now, in several child-projects it will not be activated, because there >> > are no sources (WAR, EAR or simple resource-projects). However, it is >> > also not working on the projects that DO have sources... >> > >> > Can anybody tell me what I am doing wrong here? >> > >> > I'm running Maven 2.2.1. >> > >> > Thanks. >> > >> > -- >> > Roland Asmann >> > Senior Software Engineer >> > >> > adesso Austria GmbH >> > Floridotower 26. Stock T +43 1 2198790-27 >> > Floridsdorfer Hauptstr. 1 F +43 1 2198790-927 >> > A-1210 Wien M +43 664 88657566 >> > E roland.asm...@adesso.at >> > W www.adesso.at >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >>> business. people. technology. <<< >> > ------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > 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 >> > > -- > Roland Asmann > Senior Software Engineer > > adesso Austria GmbH > Floridotower 26. Stock T +43 1 2198790-27 > Floridsdorfer Hauptstr. 1 F +43 1 2198790-927 > A-1210 Wien M +43 664 88657566 > E roland.asm...@adesso.at > W www.adesso.at > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> business. people. technology. <<< > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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