I apologize if this is a really basic problem but I am at a point where I need some help from SOMEBODY:
I am experiencing a situation where my command-line Maven 3.0.2 build is always failing with the following error (trace abbreviated for brevity): Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.SurefireExecutionParameters at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.strategy.SelfFirstStrategy.loadClass(SelfFirstStrategy.java:50) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.realm.ClassRealm.loadClass(ClassRealm.java:244) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.realm.ClassRealm.loadClass(ClassRealm.java:230) ... 47 more This is annoying because not only are we not using 2.7.1 of the surefire plugin (the POM specifies 2.5), there appears to be no way to shut this off! I have tried command line options as follows with no luck: mvn --fail-never -Dmaven.test.skip=true -DskipTests -e -X --file CSKAutoCommon\pom.xml clean install The Maven site specifies that either one of the -D parameters should skip the tests. Yet neither one, nor both of them, appears to work. Anyone have any helpful ideas? This communication and any attachments are confidential, protected by Communications Privacy Act 18 USCS ยง 2510, solely for the use of the intended recipient, and may contain legally privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient, please return or destroy it immediately. Thank you.