Even empty jars that were produced by maven would contain META-INF/maven.{groupid}.{artifactid}/pom.* files, wouldn't they? Looking at ZipFile.java such error is thrown when the file is truly empty, and doesnt contain the zip metadata (ZipFile.java:1409 as per adopt openjdk sources).
On Fri, Feb 18, 2022, 14:57 Jacques Etienne Beaudet <jebeau...@gmail.com> wrote: > Maven repository is not safe when running multiple concurrent builds (not > the -T1C option). You need to use an external synchronization technique if > you need this. > https://maven.apache.org/resolver/maven-resolver-named-locks-redisson/index.html > > Not sure of the implications of assuming an empty zip file means a failed > download, it seems reasonable to me but I'll let others chip in. > On Feb 18, 2022, 7:43 AM -0500, Nils Breunese <n...@breun.nl>, wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I’ve been encountering Maven warnings like these for years from time to > time: > > > > ---- > > WARN: zip file is empty: > /Users/username/.m2/repository/com/example/example-artifact/1.2.3/example-artifact-1.2.3.jar > > java.util.zip.ZipException: zip file is empty > > ---- > > > > I know that when I encounter this I can just delete the file and run > Maven again and then it’ll generally download ok, but recently I’ve been > getting questions from a lot of colleagues with this issue. I was > wondering: would it make sense for Maven to assume that an empty JAR file > was not downloaded correctly and try re-downloading it automatically? > > > > Nils. >