Thanks for the reply. I checked my Nexus logs and it showed a similar problem but for a different repository. The Java.Net proxy didn't show the problem. I cleared my local repository and Nexus. Perhaps that will clear the problem.
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Brian Fox <[email protected]> wrote: > Lets look at this closely: > > On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Jon Strayer <[email protected]> wrote: > > On the 24th of November my reports build failed. The failure message is: > > Unable to read local copy of metadata: Cannot read metadata from > > > 'e:\repo\org\apache\maven\skins\maven-default-skin\maven-metadata-java.net.xml': > > The name of this file tells me that Maven thinks it got this metadata > from a repo with id "java.net". Double checking Central, we can see > that this file is normal: > > http://repo2.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/skins/maven-default-skin/maven-metadata.xml > > Checking the standard java.net repo, we can see that org/apache/maven > doesn't even exist: > http://download.java.net/maven/2/org/apache/ > > So far this doesn't appear to be a repo hack but more likely something > local or to a local server you use. > > > end tag name </head> must be the same as start tag <meta> from line 7 > > (position: TEXT seen ... hack msn hack www.44imha.in > > www.islamihacker.org</title>\r\n</head>... > > @9:8) > > org.apache.maven.skins:maven-default-skin:jar:RELEASE > > > > And sure enough when I look at the maven-metadata-java.net.xml It is a > web > > page. The page references islamihacker.org so it looks like some putz > > thought "hacking" a public repository was some kind of challenge. > > > > > In your builds, what url does java.net point at? You can check the > entire transitive tree with the snapshot of the dependency plugin: > mvn > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:2.2-SNAPSHOT:list-repositories > > It's possible that somehow your machine was redirected at a website > that had this page and Maven picked it up. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- " People who couldn't find Nebraska on a world map are certain that global warming is a left-wing hoax. Gene Lyons"
