yBenjamin Bentmann wrote:
>> There seems to be resources under:
>> 
> maven-embedder\src\test\error-reporting-projects\testReportUnr
> esolvableArtifactWhileAddingExtensionPlugin\local-repo\org\apa
> che\maven\errortest\testReportUnresolvableArtifactWhileAddingE
> xtensionPlugin-maven-plugin
>> 
>> that causes the checkout to fail under windows.
> 
> The problem is the length of the path, its exceeds 256 charactes.
> While the Windows API can principally handle longer paths [0],
> applications need to take special steps to get this behaviour. Your
> SVN client most likely does not do this.
> 
> 
> Benjamin Bentmann
> 
> 
> [0]
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247(VS.85).aspx#
> maximum_path_length 

Please be aware, that this also affects the Java VM (at least up to JDK 5)! And 
now imagine someone tries to release this on Windows. Then the complete 
structure is checked out in the target/checkout directory (16 characters more 
in the path) and the release plugin will simply fail because the tests cannot 
be run.

- Jörg

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