What!? You mean the developers don't pick up messages telepathically? :o)

But really, I'm not sure if it's really that clever. It's a little like filing 
a ticket saying "rm -rf ~ deletes my home directory".

- hugi


On 31.7.2011, at 18:42, Anders Hammar wrote:

> If you file a jira ticket ([1]) suggesting this it could actually get
> implemented instead of just being a clever idea...
> 
> /Anders
> 
> [1] http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG
> 
> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 17:16, Hugi Thordarson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi again,
>> 
>>>> You inspired me to do quick search for "outputDirectory" in all the POMs
>> and I found this little bugger in all the projects' common parent pom:
>>>> 
>>>> <reporting>
>>>>       <outputDirectory />
>>>> </reporting>
>>>> 
>>>> Not sure what purpose it served - but once removed, the projects behave
>> as expected in Maven 3 :).
>>> 
>>> Glad you figured it out. Having an empty outputDirectory must make it
>>> default to the modules working directory. Then your clean would
>>> convert the build into a digital Ouroboros of disaster.
>> 
>> Yes, that's what I figured (and confirmed by building some javadocs).
>> 
>> 
>>> Maybe Maven 3, in its aim to better inform users about code smells,
>>> should warn users of this perilous condition.
>> 
>> Yes, that would be clever. Although Maven 3 is really just doing the right
>> thing with a somewhat silly configuration :-).
>> 
>> Thanks again,
>> - hugi
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