_ant:ant:jar:1.6.5:provided_ would not be packaged in your ear. it's scope is provided, which mean Maven will assume it will be provided by the environment, like web container.
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 11:19 PM, monkeyden <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the reply Jonathan. Here (below) is an example. Ant 1.6.5 is a > transitive dependency of my ejb jar module. As you can see, it's set to > "provided" all the way through, yet it ends up in my ear. Based on my > (quite possibly wrong) understanding of dependency scope, it shouldn't be. > Thanks. > > > > +- com.mycompany.myapp.ws:ids-seam-ws-ejb:ejb:1.0:provided > [INFO] | +- quartz:quartz:jar:1.5.2:provided > [INFO] | +- org.jboss.portal.portlet:portlet-portlet:jar:2.0.4:provided > [INFO] | | +- javax.portlet:portlet-api:jar:2.0:provided > [INFO] | | +- org.jboss.portal.common:common-portal:jar:1.2.2:provided > [INFO] | | +- org.jboss.portal.web:web-web:jar:1.2.2:provided > [INFO] | | | +- org.jboss.portal.common:common-common:jar:1.2.2:provided > [INFO] | | | | +- javax.activation:activation:jar:1.1:provided > [INFO] | | | | +- jboss:jboss-j2ee:jar:4.2.0.GA:provided > [INFO] | | | | +- ant:ant:jar:1.6.5:provided > > > > > > Jonathan Woods wrote: > > > > I find the phrase "they are not transitive" a bit confusing here. > Anyway, > > the way it should work is shown in the table at > > > http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-dependency-mecha > > nism.html#Dependency_Scope, which shows that the scope of dependencies > > contributed by your 'provided' dependency should never be greater than > > 'provided'. In other words, you shouldn't be getting the transitive deps > > either... but I have no explanation as to why you might be! Are you sure > > some other dependency which is tighter than 'provided' isn't bringing > them > > in? > > > > Try running mvn dependency:tree on your project and seeing what it > > tells > > you. > > > > Jon > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: monkeyden [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: 24 July 2009 17:50 > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: Primary and secondary dependencies > >> > >> > >> Based on this definition, which comes from the maven docs, I > >> should NOT get the "primary" dependency in my build, but what > >> about the transitive dependencies? Do you suggest I should > >> not be seeing this behavior when the primary dependency is > >> provided? thanks again. > >> > >> provided > >> provided dependencies are used when you expect the JDK or a > >> container to provide them. For example, if you were > >> developing a web application, you would need the Servlet API > >> available on the compile classpath to compile a servlet, but > >> you wouldn't want to include the Servlet API in the packaged > >> WAR; the Servlet API JAR is supplied by your application > >> server or servlet container. provided dependencies are > >> available on the compilation classpath (not runtime). They > >> are not transitive, nor are they packaged. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Juven Xu wrote: > >> > > >> > they are _transitive_ dependencies :) but you name them _secondary_ > >> > dependencies :) > >> > > >> > you would want to read this document: > >> > > >> http://www.sonatype.com/books/maven-book/reference/pom-relationships-s > >> > ect-project-dependencies.html > >> > > >> > On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 12:41 AM, monkeyden > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> I have the scope of some 3rd party dependencies set to "provided", > >> >> but keep getting all the secondary dependencies in my > >> build. I have > >> >> 3 versions of ant, when I don't even need 1. > >> >> > >> >> How best to prevent secondary dependencies from being > >> added to the build? > >> >> > >> >> Do the secondary dependencies inherit scope from the primary > >> >> dependency or do they sneak in? I'd prefer not to > >> explicitly do any > >> >> of this for secondaries. > >> >> > >> >> thanks > >> >> -- > >> >> View this message in context: > >> >> > >> http://www.nabble.com/Primary-and-secondary-dependencies-tp24647841p2 > >> >> 4647841.html Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at > >> >> Nabble.com. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > - juven > >> > > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > >> http://www.nabble.com/Primary-and-secondary-dependencies-tp246 > > 47841p24647985.html > >> Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Primary-and-secondary-dependencies-tp24647841p24682509.html > Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- - juven
