Possibly you've hit one of those issues with dependency resolution within the reactor in a multi-module build that Maven 2.x has. It's hard to say for sure as you haven't provided the error message. One way of determining is to do a build with Maven 3, where those issues have been fixed.
/Anders On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 05:03, frankyf <sardonicstuffedti...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Hi, I posted this on > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5075509/how-do-i-use-mvn-test-with-multiple-modules > stackoverflow but no one is responding, so I'm trying here. > > My problem is that I am unable to run mvn test normally when one module > depends on test classes in another module. > > Strangely enough things seem to work if I run mvn package test. That's > weird > and I'd rather not have to do it and I'm wondering if it just means I'm > doing something wrong. Here's the gory details: > > ... > <!-- module A --> > <parent> > <groupId>com.acme.parent</groupId> > <artifactId>parent</artifactId> > <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath> > <version>1.0</version> > </parent> > <groupId>com.acme</groupId> > <artifactId>A</artifactId> > <packaging>jar</packaging> > <version>1.0</version> > <build> > <plugins> > <plugin> > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> > <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId> > <executions> > <execution> > <goals> > <goal>test-jar</goal> > </goals> > </execution> > </executions> > </plugin> > </plugins> > </build> > ... > > ... > <!-- Project AB (depends on A) --> > <parent> > <groupId>com.acme.parent</groupId> > <artifactId>parent</artifactId> > <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath> > <version>1.0</version> > </parent> > <artifactId>AB</artifactId> > <packaging>jar</packaging> > <version>1.0</version> > <dependency> > <groupId>com.acme</groupId> > <artifactId>A</artifact> > <version>1.0</version> > </dependency> > <dependency> > <groupId>com.acme</groupId> > <artifactId>A</artifact> > <version>1.0</version> > <type>test-jar</type> > <scope>test</scope> > </dependency> > ... > > ... > <!-- And finally, the relevant bits from the parent pom --> > <groupId>com.acme.parent</groupId> > <artifactId>parent</artifactId> > <version>1.0</version> > <packaging>pom</packaging> > <modules> > <module>A</module> > <module>AB</module> > </module> > ... > > So, with all that said, how do I make mvn tests run as expected with mvn > test? > > I'm using maven 2.2.1. > -- > View this message in context: > http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/mvn-test-with-multiple-modules-tp3396572p3396572.html > Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > >
