hrm.. so is there no way to create an assembly to pull the results from several modules into a single distribution folder? In the big picture -- thats what im trying to do.
I'll read through the link you gave (again) and see what I can find. On 9/27/10, Anders Hammar <[email protected]> wrote: > > Btw, if you want to have two packages you should NOT consolidate to one > project. In Maven world, one project produces one (primary) artifact. > > /Anders > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 20:28, Anders Hammar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It shouldn't be too hard, there must be some basic stuff you're doing > > wrong. > > See if this sheds some light: > > http://www.sonatype.com/books/mvnref-book/reference/assemblies.html > > > > /Anders > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 19:56, Jon Paynter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Anders, > >> > >> Thanks for the tips -- its these little things that get me in trouble. > >> > >> Changing the goal to "single" fixed the build problems. My next step > is > >> to > >> try and have a single project to do the packaging for both j2ee > >> components. > >> So I consolidated the assembly projects, and moved them to new project > >> named > >> 'packager' under the top level pom. Ive tried moduleSet, dependencySet > >> and > >> fileSet to copy files.. but only dependencySet produces any kind of > >> output. > >> The assembly runs w/o error, but all it does is copy the .pom files for > >> the > >> sibling projects into the target directory. I want it to operate on the > >> Contents of each sibling project, and grab the ear, jar and war files > >> from the sibling directory trees - but it doesnt seem to do that. > >> > >> Suggestions on where to go from here? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Jon. > >> > >> > >> On 9/25/10, Anders Hammar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > The problem is that you're using the wrong assembly goal. The one you > >> must > >> > use is "single". I changed and it works just fine with Maven 3.0-RC2. > >> > Also, as a side thing while I'm at it, in your "top pom" you should > lock > >> > down the plugin versions in build/pluginManagement/plugins (not > >> > build/plugins). > >> > > >> > /Anders > >> > > >> > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 20:58, Jon Paynter <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > > >> > > Hi, > >> > > > >> > > I have a strange build error I cant explain - but (unfortunately to > >> me) > >> > its > >> > > entirely reproducable. > >> > > > >> > > The test project is located here: > >> > > http://www.mediafire.com/file/8do8nz5xhbmdb1m/TestProject.zip > >> > > It consists of an aggregator pom at the top, and 2 more aggregator > >> pom's > >> > > below, and then files to build 2 different j2ee components (j2ee_A > and > >> > > j2ee_B). The projects dont depend on each other, so they will build > >> fine > >> > > seperately. but when built from the top level pom, I always get a > >> > > dependency error in project _B. Ive checked the files in the 2 > >> projects > >> > > and > >> > > aside from the _A and _B names. > >> > > > >> > > to reproduce, do the following: > >> > > - unzip the file somewhere > >> > > - goto the folder & run: mvn package > >> > > you will get the following error: > >> > > > >> > > [INFO] Failed to resolve artifact. > >> > > > >> > > Missing: > >> > > ---------- > >> > > 1) myCompany:j2ee_B.war:war:1.0 > >> > > > >> > > now build the projects individually: > >> > > cd j2ee_B > >> > > mvn package > >> > > > >> > > [INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL > >> > > > >> > > cd ..\j2ee_A > >> > > mvn package > >> > > > >> > > [INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL > >> > > > >> > > now edit j2ee_A\pom.xml and remove <module>j2ee_A_package</module> > >> from > >> > the > >> > > modules list. > >> > > > >> > > go back to the top level pom: > >> > > mvn clean > >> > > mvn package > >> > > > >> > > [INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL > >> > > > >> > > Note the project that failed with the first build was not touched. > >> > > > >> > > Lastly -- udo the edit in j2ee_A\pom.xml and do the same in > >> > j2ee_B\pom.xml > >> > > mvn clean > >> > > mvn package > >> > > > >> > > [ERROR] BUILD ERROR > >> > > [INFO] --------------------------- > >> > > [INFO] Failed to resolve artifact. > >> > > > >> > > Missing: > >> > > ---------- > >> > > 1) myCompany:j2ee_B.war:war:1.0 > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > This seems to me that somethign is wrong with j2ee_B_package. but > >> aside > >> > > from _A and _B the contents are identical between j2ee_A_package and > >> > > j2ee_B_package. > >> > > > >> > > How do I get both projects with their assemblies to build from the > top > >> > > level > >> > > pom? > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > > >
