When you execute mvn tomcat:deploy you're NOT executing the build lifecycle but only the specify plugin goal. Thus, your plugin that loads the props is not executed.
/Anders On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 17:35, Maven User <maven.2.u...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all - > > Quick question, I think there's some confusion on my end. > > We have a plugin that loads properties into the reactor so they're available > for things like resource processing, various other plugins, etc. > > However, when using the tomcat plugin directly on the command line (such as > mvn tomcat:deploy), the properties are not expanded when they've come from a > property file. > > If we use the standard plugin configuration and bind the deployment to a > particular lifecycle goal with an execution, the property is expanded > successfully. > > What are we doing wrong/what are we missing? > > When the tomcat goals are called on the command line, it's as if they skip > several steps but grab things from activated profiles and <properties> > blocks. > > Suggestions? > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org