To make sure that everything you need is in your local repository before you unplug your network cable and step on a plane
On 19 March 2010 16:01, napple fabble <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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. > > > > -- > > Wendy > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > I am sure you know your stuff, but this does not make sense to me. Why does > dependency:go-offline exist if you cannot use it for this purpose? Isn't it > there to make offline builds possible? What is it used for if it does not > work in this scenario? > > Is > > http://stubbisms.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/maven-is-to-ant-as-a-nail-gun-is-to-hammer-and-nails-you-need-to-move-on/ > wrong ("Taking Maven completely Off-Line")? > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/Creating-repository-for-offline-building-with-dependency-go-offline-fails-tp4763428p4763867.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] > >
