You were correct about the JDK issue. Although my pom had 1.6 as the version, the project configuration hadn't been updated. It's working now.
Thanks!! p.s. If you have a SO account, I posted the question there as well and I would love to credit you with the correct answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7997508/m2eclipse-mystery-build-failure-on-package ----- Original Message ----- From: Benjamin Bentmann <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, November 3, 2011 9:39 am Subject: Re: [m2e-users] Build Failure on Package To: Maven Integration for Eclipse users mailing list <[email protected]> > sdoca sdoca wrote: > > >[...] "Run As -> Maven package", I get the following error: > > > >[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2:compile (default- > compile) @ switch-provisioning-rest-client --- > >[INFO] Compiling 2 source files to > C:\Devel\EclipseProjects\MyProject\target\classes>[INFO] -------- > ----------------------------------------------------- > >[ERROR] COMPILATION ERROR : > >[INFO] --------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > >[ERROR] Failure executing javac, but could not parse the error: > >javac: invalid flag: -s > > This issue is not really specific to m2e but applies to mvn in > general, as such the Maven user list might provide a better > audience for help. > > IIRC, the specific error means you trying to use a JDK 1.5 while > you need JDK 1.6+ where the javac option in question was added. > Assuming your project should actually compile against JDK 1.5, > downgrading the maven-compiler-plugin version might also do, I > would expect it started to use the -s option when the annotation > processing support was added. > > > Benjamin > _______________________________________________ > m2e-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/m2e-users >
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