On Mar 19, 2010, at 10:13 AM, Wendy Smoak wrote: > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:54 AM, jimmi4664 <[email protected]> wrote: >> My Maven project needs to be built in an offline computer. I am trying to >> create a snapshot of my repository using an online machine and mvn >> dependency:go-offline, and then move this snapshot repository to the offline >> machine and build there. > > A local repository does not have the same metadata as a remote > repository. Plugins especially are very picky about metadata. > > Check the list archives, there was some discussion in times past about > a script to modify the metadata of a local repo so it would work as a > remote one. > > The easier solution by far will be to run a repository manager locally > and let it proxy everything you need, then move *that* repository > (which will have the correct format) off to the other machine.
I will second what Wendy said, and also say that the free version of Nexus is incredibly easy to set up, manage, and use. I hope the Sonatype people are making money, because they deserve to. They've made a real quality product. -K --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
