Hello JB,

finally found my problem
-org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.repositories= +,\
+org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.repositories=+ \
in org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.cfg

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Am Sa., 18. Apr. 2026 um 21:22 Uhr schrieb Jean-Baptiste Onofré <
[email protected]>:

> OK, great. Let me merge a couple of PRs and I will publish a SNAPSHOT. I
> will keep you posted.
>
> Regards
> JB
>
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 6:14 PM Matthias Leinweber <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Yes looking forward to it :)
>>
>> Am Do., 16. Apr. 2026 um 18:13 Uhr schrieb Jean-Baptiste Onofré <
>> [email protected]>:
>>
>>> Would it be possible for you to test with a SNAPSHOT I can provide to
>>> you?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> JB
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 5:47 PM Matthias Leinweber <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello JB,
>>>>
>>>> do you have any suggestions how i could debug my case?
>>>>
>>>> Am Di., 7. Apr. 2026 um 10:27 Uhr schrieb Matthias Leinweber <
>>>> [email protected]>:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello JB,
>>>>>
>>>>> no grep " <repository" -A 5 * -R has n results in my assembly or did i
>>>>> misunderstood your hint?
>>>>>
>>>>> regards,
>>>>> Matthias
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Am Mo., 6. Apr. 2026 um 08:15 Uhr schrieb Jean-Baptiste Onofré <
>>>>> [email protected]>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you check if you don't have empty <repository/> in your features
>>>>>> repository XML ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>> JB
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Apr 5, 2026 at 6:22 PM Matthias Leinweber <
>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi JB,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is there a workaround for me?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Br
>>>>>>> Matthias
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> schrieb am So., 5. Apr.
>>>>>>> 2026, 17:25:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have created a pull request to address the exception encountered
>>>>>>>> when a features repository contains an empty repo:
>>>>>>>> https://github.com/apache/karaf/pull/2515
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This should resolve the issue you reported.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>> JB
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 2, 2026 at 5:26 PM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <
>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks, let me investigate.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I will keep you posted.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>>> JB
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2026 at 5:48 PM Matthias Leinweber
>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > Sure
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"; xmlns:xsi="
>>>>>>>>> http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; xsi:schemaLocation="
>>>>>>>>> http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
>>>>>>>>> http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd";>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >   <artifactId>rahla</artifactId>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >   <groupId>rahla.assembly</groupId>
>>>>>>>>> >   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >   <name>Rahla Assembly</name>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >   <packaging>karaf-assembly</packaging>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >   <parent>
>>>>>>>>> >     <artifactId>reactor</artifactId>
>>>>>>>>> >     <groupId>rahla</groupId>
>>>>>>>>> >     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
>>>>>>>>> >     <version>1.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
>>>>>>>>> >   </parent>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >   <dependencies>
>>>>>>>>> >     <dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >       <groupId>org.apache.karaf.features</groupId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <artifactId>framework</artifactId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <type>kar</type>
>>>>>>>>> >       <scope>compile</scope>
>>>>>>>>> >     </dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >     <dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >       <groupId>org.apache.karaf.features</groupId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <artifactId>framework</artifactId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <classifier>features</classifier>
>>>>>>>>> >       <type>xml</type>
>>>>>>>>> >       <scope>runtime</scope>
>>>>>>>>> >     </dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >     <dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >       <groupId>org.apache.karaf.features</groupId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <artifactId>standard</artifactId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <classifier>features</classifier>
>>>>>>>>> >       <type>xml</type>
>>>>>>>>> >       <scope>runtime</scope>
>>>>>>>>> >     </dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >     <dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >       <groupId>org.apache.karaf.features</groupId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <artifactId>spring-legacy</artifactId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <classifier>features</classifier>
>>>>>>>>> >       <type>xml</type>
>>>>>>>>> >       <scope>runtime</scope>
>>>>>>>>> >     </dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >     <dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >       <groupId>org.apache.karaf.features</groupId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <artifactId>enterprise</artifactId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <classifier>features</classifier>
>>>>>>>>> >       <type>xml</type>
>>>>>>>>> >       <scope>runtime</scope>
>>>>>>>>> >     </dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >     <dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >       <artifactId>apache-camel</artifactId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <classifier>features</classifier>
>>>>>>>>> >       <groupId>org.apache.camel.karaf</groupId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <scope>runtime</scope>
>>>>>>>>> >       <type>xml</type>
>>>>>>>>> >     </dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >     <dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >       <groupId>org.apache.karaf.features</groupId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <artifactId>specs</artifactId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <classifier>features</classifier>
>>>>>>>>> >       <type>xml</type>
>>>>>>>>> >       <scope>runtime</scope>
>>>>>>>>> >     </dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >     <dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >       <artifactId>rahla</artifactId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <classifier>features</classifier>
>>>>>>>>> >       <groupId>rahla.feature</groupId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <scope>runtime</scope>
>>>>>>>>> >       <type>xml</type>
>>>>>>>>> >     </dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >     <dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >       <artifactId>fradi</artifactId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <classifier>features</classifier>
>>>>>>>>> >       <groupId>rahla.feature</groupId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <scope>runtime</scope>
>>>>>>>>> >       <type>xml</type>
>>>>>>>>> >     </dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >     <dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >       <artifactId>graphsource</artifactId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <classifier>features</classifier>
>>>>>>>>> >       <groupId>rahla.feature</groupId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <scope>runtime</scope>
>>>>>>>>> >       <type>xml</type>
>>>>>>>>> >     </dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >     <dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >       <artifactId>jedissource</artifactId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <classifier>features</classifier>
>>>>>>>>> >       <groupId>rahla.feature</groupId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <scope>runtime</scope>
>>>>>>>>> >       <type>xml</type>
>>>>>>>>> >     </dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >     <dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >       <artifactId>camel-route-templates</artifactId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <classifier>features</classifier>
>>>>>>>>> >       <groupId>rahla.feature</groupId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <scope>runtime</scope>
>>>>>>>>> >       <type>xml</type>
>>>>>>>>> >     </dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >     <dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >       <artifactId>rahla-logging</artifactId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <classifier>features</classifier>
>>>>>>>>> >       <groupId>rahla.feature</groupId>
>>>>>>>>> >       <scope>compile</scope>
>>>>>>>>> >       <type>xml</type>
>>>>>>>>> >     </dependency>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >   </dependencies>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >   <build>
>>>>>>>>> >     <plugins>
>>>>>>>>> >       <plugin>
>>>>>>>>> >         <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
>>>>>>>>> >         <configuration>
>>>>>>>>> >           <skip>true</skip>
>>>>>>>>> >         </configuration>
>>>>>>>>> >         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
>>>>>>>>> >       </plugin>
>>>>>>>>> >       <plugin>
>>>>>>>>> >         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
>>>>>>>>> >         <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
>>>>>>>>> >         <configuration>
>>>>>>>>> >           <skip>true</skip>
>>>>>>>>> >         </configuration>
>>>>>>>>> >       </plugin>
>>>>>>>>> >       <plugin>
>>>>>>>>> >         <artifactId>karaf-maven-plugin</artifactId>
>>>>>>>>> >         <configuration>
>>>>>>>>> >           <archiveTarGz>false</archiveTarGz>
>>>>>>>>> >           <archiveZip>false</archiveZip>
>>>>>>>>> >           <startupFeatures>
>>>>>>>>> >             <feature>rahla-logging</feature>
>>>>>>>>> >             <feature>wrap</feature>
>>>>>>>>> >           </startupFeatures>
>>>>>>>>> >           <bootFeatures>
>>>>>>>>> >             <feature>standard</feature>
>>>>>>>>> >             <feature>scr</feature>
>>>>>>>>> >             <feature>spifly</feature>
>>>>>>>>> >             <feature>pax-web-http-undertow</feature>
>>>>>>>>> >             <feature>jolokia</feature>
>>>>>>>>> >             <feature>rahla</feature>
>>>>>>>>> >           </bootFeatures>
>>>>>>>>> >           <installedFeatures>
>>>>>>>>> >             <feature>fradi</feature>
>>>>>>>>> >             <feature>graphsource</feature>
>>>>>>>>> >             <feature>jedissource</feature>
>>>>>>>>> >             <feature>camel-route-templates</feature>
>>>>>>>>> >           </installedFeatures>
>>>>>>>>> >           <libraries>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>> <library>mvn:io.prometheus.jmx/jmx_prometheus_javaagent/${jmx_exporter.version}</library>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>> <library>mvn:io.opentelemetry.javaagent/opentelemetry-javaagent/${opentelemetry_agent.version}</library>
>>>>>>>>> >           </libraries>
>>>>>>>>> >           <blacklistedBundles>
>>>>>>>>> >             <bundle>mvn:org.apache.groovy/groovy/[4,5)</bundle>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>  <bundle>mvn:com.fasterxml.woodstox/woodstox-core/7.0.0</bundle>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>  <bundle>mvn:io.undertow/undertow-core/2.2.37.Final</bundle>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>  <bundle>mvn:io.undertow/undertow-servlet/2.2.37.Final</bundle>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>  <!--<bundle>mvn:org.codehaus.woodstox/stax2-api/4.2.1</bundle>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>  <bundle>mvn:org.codehaus.woodstox/woodstox-core-asl/4.4.1</bundle>
>>>>>>>>> >             <bundle>mvn:org.yaml/snakeyaml/1.30</bundle>-->
>>>>>>>>> >           </blacklistedBundles>
>>>>>>>>> >           <javase>17</javase>
>>>>>>>>> >         </configuration>
>>>>>>>>> >         <groupId>org.apache.karaf.tooling</groupId>
>>>>>>>>> >       </plugin>
>>>>>>>>> >     </plugins>
>>>>>>>>> >     <resources>
>>>>>>>>> >       <resource>
>>>>>>>>> >         <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
>>>>>>>>> >         <filtering>false</filtering>
>>>>>>>>> >         <includes>
>>>>>>>>> >           <include>**/*</include>
>>>>>>>>> >         </includes>
>>>>>>>>> >       </resource>
>>>>>>>>> >       <resource>
>>>>>>>>> >         <directory>src/main/filtered-resources</directory>
>>>>>>>>> >         <filtering>true</filtering>
>>>>>>>>> >         <includes>
>>>>>>>>> >           <include>**/*</include>
>>>>>>>>> >         </includes>
>>>>>>>>> >       </resource>
>>>>>>>>> >     </resources>
>>>>>>>>> >   </build>
>>>>>>>>> > </project>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > Am Mi., 1. Apr. 2026 um 15:22 Uhr schrieb Jean-Baptiste Onofré <
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]>:
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> Hi Matthias
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> I suspect it's related to a change I did on the
>>>>>>>>> karaf-maven-plugin (around assembly).
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> Can you share with me the pom.xml to reproduce it ?
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> Regards
>>>>>>>>> >> JB
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 6:46 PM Matthias Leinweber <
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> Dear Karaf Users,
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> I am currently maintaining a Karaf assembly and am in the
>>>>>>>>> process of upgrading to version 4.4.10. However, I am encountering an 
>>>>>>>>> error
>>>>>>>>> message during startup and would appreciate guidance on how to begin
>>>>>>>>> debugging this issue
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> java.lang.RuntimeException: Repository spec is empty string. :
>>>>>>>>> mvn:org.apache.karaf.features/standard/4.4.10/xml/features
>>>>>>>>> >>> at
>>>>>>>>> org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.RepositoryImpl.load(RepositoryImpl.java:121)
>>>>>>>>> >>> at
>>>>>>>>> org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.RepositoryImpl.<init>(RepositoryImpl.java:51)
>>>>>>>>> >>> at
>>>>>>>>> org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.RepositoryCacheImpl.create(RepositoryCacheImpl.java:51)
>>>>>>>>> >>> at
>>>>>>>>> org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.FeaturesServiceImpl.addRepository(FeaturesServiceImpl.java:386)
>>>>>>>>> >>> at
>>>>>>>>> org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.FeaturesServiceImpl.addRepository(FeaturesServiceImpl.java:381)
>>>>>>>>> >>> at
>>>>>>>>> org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.BootFeaturesInstaller.addRepositories(BootFeaturesInstaller.java:136)
>>>>>>>>> >>> at
>>>>>>>>> org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.BootFeaturesInstaller.installBootFeatures(BootFeaturesInstaller.java:95)
>>>>>>>>> >>> at
>>>>>>>>> org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.BootFeaturesInstaller.start(BootFeaturesInstaller.java:89)
>>>>>>>>> >>> at
>>>>>>>>> org.apache.karaf.features.internal.osgi.Activator.doStart(Activator.java:215)
>>>>>>>>> >>> at
>>>>>>>>> org.apache.karaf.util.tracker.BaseActivator.run(BaseActivator.java:312)
>>>>>>>>> >>> at
>>>>>>>>> java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:572)
>>>>>>>>> >>> at
>>>>>>>>> java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:317)
>>>>>>>>> >>> at
>>>>>>>>> java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1144)
>>>>>>>>> >>> at
>>>>>>>>> java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:642)
>>>>>>>>> >>> at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583)
>>>>>>>>> >>> Caused by: shaded.org.ops4j.lang.NullArgumentException:
>>>>>>>>> Repository spec is empty string.
>>>>>>>>> >>> at
>>>>>>>>> shaded.org.ops4j.lang.NullArgumentException.validateNotEmpty(NullArgumentException.java:108)
>>>>>>>>> >>> at
>>>>>>>>> org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.internal.config.MavenRepositoryURL.<init>(MavenRepositoryURL.java:221)
>>>>>>>>> >>> at
>>>>>>>>> org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.internal.config.MavenConfigurationImpl.getRepositories(MavenConfigurationImpl.java:401)
>>>>>>>>> >>> at
>>>>>>>>> org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.internal.AetherBasedResolver.selectRemoteRepositories(AetherBasedResolver.java:928)
>>>>>>>>> >>> at
>>>>>>>>> org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.internal.AetherBasedResolver.resolve(AetherBasedResolver.java:368)
>>>>>>>>> >>> at
>>>>>>>>> org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.internal.AetherBasedResolver.resolve(AetherBasedResolver.java:352)
>>>>>>>>> >>> at
>>>>>>>>> org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.internal.AetherBasedResolver.resolve(AetherBasedResolver.java:322)
>>>>>>>>> >>> at
>>>>>>>>> org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.internal.AetherBasedResolver.resolve(AetherBasedResolver.java:312)
>>>>>>>>> >>> at
>>>>>>>>> org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.internal.Connection.getInputStream(Connection.java:120)
>>>>>>>>> >>> at java.base/java.net.URL.openStream(URL.java:1325)
>>>>>>>>> >>> at
>>>>>>>>> org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.RepositoryImpl.load(RepositoryImpl.java:114)
>>>>>>>>> >>> ... 14 more
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> Could you please advise on the best approach or specific logs
>>>>>>>>> I should examine to identify the root cause? I get this erorr for 
>>>>>>>>> every
>>>>>>>>> feature defined in my karaf-assembly
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> Best regards,
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> Matthias Leinweber
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>

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