The following comment has been added to this issue: Author: Brett Porter Created: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 1:10 PM Body: Graham, Thanks - but what I really need is for you to run it with -X so I can get the line number it occurs at from the stack trace. It'll save me time tracking it down to fix the error message.
--------------------------------------------------------------------- View this comment: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MAVEN-1522?page=comments#action_27515 --------------------------------------------------------------------- View the issue: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MAVEN-1522 Here is an overview of the issue: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: MAVEN-1522 Summary: Proxy + NTLM = NullPointerException Type: Bug Status: Unassigned Priority: Major Original Estimate: Unknown Time Spent: Unknown Remaining: Unknown Project: maven Fix Fors: 1.1-beta-1 Versions: 1.0.1 Assignee: Reporter: Graham Leggett Created: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 8:32 AM Updated: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 1:10 PM Environment: MacOSX 10.3.6 / JDK v1.4.2 Description: If build.properties is defined like this: maven.proxy.host = 192.168.1.27 maven.proxy.port = 80 maven.proxy.username = username maven.proxy.password = password maven.proxy.ntlm.domain = domain Then maven bombs out with a NullPointerException like this: Graham-Leggetts-Computer:~/src/standard/autobahn minfrin$ maven site __ __ | \/ |__ _Apache__ ___ | |\/| / _` \ V / -_) ' \ ~ intelligent projects ~ |_| |_\__,_|\_/\___|_||_| v. 1.0.1 Attempting to download jdepend-2.7.jar. Error retrieving artifact from [http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/jdepend/jars/jdepend-2.7.jar]: java.lang.NullPointerException WARNING: Failed to download jdepend-2.7.jar. BUILD FAILED File...... /Users/minfrin/.maven/cache/maven-xdoc-plugin-1.8/plugin.jelly Element... attainGoal Line...... 693 Column.... 57 The build cannot continue because of the following unsatisfied dependency: jdepend-2.7.jar Total time: 5 seconds Finished at: Wed Dec 01 15:10:41 SAST 2004 What should happen is that a valid error message be returned to the user as to whatever is missing. "NullPointerException" says nothing to the user. --------------------------------------------------------------------- JIRA INFORMATION: This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa If you want more information on JIRA, or have a bug to report see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]