On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 12:28, David Zeleznik wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> After using beta8 for several weeks, I tried unsuccessfully several times to
> build Maven from source. In the end, I discovered that if you have a
> ${user.home}/build.properties file, this must be deleted or temporarilly
> renamed before starting the bootstrap build. 

No, it does not. I have a ~/build.properties file and I bootstrap all
the time.

> This crucial bit of info is
> missing from the docs at http://maven.apache.org/start/bootstrap.html. In my
> case, I had an overridden maven.repo.local property pointing to my beta8
> repo cache. This seemed to be the culprit that was causing the bootstrap
> builds to fail. In the end, it seems safest just to make sure that you do
> not have any $user.home/build.properties file before starting the build.
> Maybe someone can update the docs?
> 
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