Anybody reported this yet? I am using Maven 2.0.9.
mvn release:prepare -DdryRun=true [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'release'. [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building Events [INFO] task-segment: [release:prepare] (aggregator-style) [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] [release:prepare] [INFO] Verifying that there are no local modifications... [INFO] Executing: svn --non-interactive status [INFO] Working directory: C:\workarea\events-index-server-RB10 [INFO] Checking dependencies and plugins for snapshots ... There are still some remaining snapshot dependencies.: Do you want to resolve them now? (yes/no) no: : yes Dependency type to resolve,: specify the selection number ( 0:All 1:Project Dependencies 2:Plugins 3:Reports 4:Extensions ): (0/1/2/3) 1: : 1 Resolve Project Dependency Snapshots.: [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] FATAL ERROR [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] null [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Trace java.lang.NullPointerException at java.util.regex.Matcher.getTextLength(Matcher.java:1127) at java.util.regex.Matcher.reset(Matcher.java:284) at java.util.regex.Matcher.<init>(Matcher.java:205) at java.util.regex.Pattern.matcher(Pattern.java:879) at org.apache.maven.shared.release.versions.DefaultVersionInfo.<init>(DefaultVersionInfo.java:122) at org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase.processSnapshot(CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase.java:392) at org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase.resolveSnapshots(CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase.java:345) at org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase.checkProject(CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase.java:227) at org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase.execute(CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase.java:106) at org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase.simulate(CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase.java:284) at org.apache.maven.shared.release.DefaultReleaseManager.prepare(DefaultReleaseManager.java:190) at org.apache.maven.shared.release.DefaultReleaseManager.prepare(DefaultReleaseManager.java:131) at org.apache.maven.shared.release.DefaultReleaseManager.prepare(DefaultReleaseManager.java:94) at org.apache.maven.plugins.release.PrepareReleaseMojo.execute(PrepareReleaseMojo.java:136) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:451) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:558) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeStandaloneGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:512) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:482) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:330) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:227) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:142) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:336) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:129) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:287) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375) [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 22 seconds [INFO] Finished at: Thu Aug 14 13:02:05 CEST 2008 [INFO] Final Memory: 7M/13M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------