On 22 March 2010 09:15, napple fabble <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Tested a little further. I > > 1. cleared my local repository > 2. did mvn package > 3. did mvn dependency:go-offline > 4. went offline > 5. moved my local repo to elsewhere (c:\repo\offline-repo-5). My local repo > is completely empty now > 6. added "repository" and "pluginRepository" configuration to my pom.xml, > pointing to the previously created offline repo folder: > > <repositories> > <repository> > <releases /> > <id>offline-repository</id> > <name>local offline build libs</name> > <url>file:///c:/repo/offline-repo-5/</url> > </repository> > </repositories> > > - build works now. So based on this I would disagree on the "metadata is > different" reason preventing from using this approach. > The local metadata will bite you in the ass when you least expect it.... you have been warned > > The problem is that dependency:go-offline is pretty much useless. If you > now > do mvn clean for example, the clean plugin is not loaded and build fails. > You would need to execute at least mvn clean, mvn package, maybe mvn deploy > (even more? cannot say...) lifecycles to ensure all the needed plugins for > offline building are available. dependency:go-offline does not help you > with > those at all. I again don't see the point of dependency:go-offline. You > cannot trust it to get your needed plugin dependencies, you can (and need > to) do what it is trying to do by executing mvn clean, mvn package... > manually before going offline, so what does it accomplish? Why not just do > mvn package before going offline? > > > > > napple fabble wrote: > > > > OK, I'm starting to get it. And you cannot a copy of your local > repository > > as a "remote repository" by defining it with <repositories><repository> > > since the metadata is different? > > > > I could still take the copy of local repository and just copy it to the > > place where local repository should be in the offline computer, and it > > should work, no? > > > > It just fails because dependency:go.offline has a bug and does not fully > > do what you described. It misses maven-surefire-plugin. I guess most > won't > > notice this since they already have the surefire plugin in their local > > repository before dependecy:go-offline. > > > > > > > > stephenconnolly wrote: > >> > >> 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] > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/Creating-repository-for-offline-building-with-dependency-go-offline-fails-tp4763428p4776848.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] > >
