Seems like a bug... Maybe it is related to this issue? https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IVY-582
Maarten ----- Original Message ---- From: Jonathan Williams <spamhammer1...@gmail.com> To: ivy-user@ant.apache.org Sent: Sat, January 29, 2011 2:00:51 AM Subject: Valid Path does not work for Filesystem Resolver Hi all, I'm using Ivy 2.2.0 in my current project. I've specified a filesystem resolver and I was playing around with how the root directory to look under for the ivy and artifact patterns is derived. Through playing around with the path, I encountered some odd/buggy behavior where I could specify a valid path but would fail to resolve the file. <ivysettings> <properties file="../../properties/path.properties"/> <property name="repo.dir" value="${filesystem.repo.root}"/> <resolvers> <filesystem name="local" m2compatible="true"> <ivy pattern="${repo.dir}/[organisation]/[module]/ivy.xml"/> <artifact pattern="${repo.dir}/[organisation]/[module]/[artifact].[ext]"/> </filesystem> </resolvers> </ivysettings> path.properties is a file generated by a script prior to building. Originally I was hardcoding the value for ${filesystem.repo.root} in the generating script, but I wanted to start deriving the path. When I generated the path, the resolve suddenly started failing. However, at the command line, I was able to copy the jar and ivy file from the repo manually using 'cp' and the output of the failed call to ivy:retrieve, meaning the path was valid, but the resolve was failing. module not found: org.slf4j#slf4j;1.6.1 [ivy:retrieve] ==== local: tried [ivy:retrieve] /opt/workspace/ums/UMS/main/build/developer/../.cache/../../../lib/org/slf4j/slf4j/1.6.1/ivy.xml [ivy:retrieve] -- artifact org.slf4j#slf4j;1.6.1!slf4j.jar: [ivy:retrieve] /opt/workspace/ums/UMS/main/build/developer/../.cache/../../../lib/org/slf4j/slf4j/1.6.1/slf4j-1.6.1-jar.jar However, a path like /opt/workspace/ums/UMS/main/build/developer/../../../lib/org/slf4j/slf4j/1.6.1/ivy.xml resolves just fine and my build works. The same behavior holds true if I specify the path directly in the ivy and artifact pattern, so it isn't an issue with the path.properties file. I can work around this easily enough, but I was wondering if others could reproduce this behavior and if I should I open a JIRA issue to track this? Thanks, -Jonathan