https://github.com/steinarb/bang-bompom/blob/20d12dd29b2d3758f1c237b3c29df98ecc9125f8/pom.xml#L96
When you set a configuration parameter via XML, you may not override it anymore with the property in my experience. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Mirko Friedenhagen — Sent from my mobile > Am 30.08.2025 um 09:42 schrieb Steinar Bang <s...@dod.no>: > > Platform: debian 13 "trixie", amd64, maven 3.9.10, java 21.0.4, > versions-maven-plugin 2.18.0 > > I am trying to change the bang-servlet.version property in this pom > https://github.com/steinarb/bang-bompom/blob/master/bang-pom/bang-app-pom/pom.xml#L31 > using this script: > #!/bin/sh > SERVLET_VERSION=$(cd $HOME/workspaces/servlet; mvn -q > -Dexec.executable="echo" -Dexec.args='${project.version}' --non-recursive > exec:exec) > echo $SERVLET_VERSION > (cd $HOME/git/bang-bompom/bang-pom/bang-app-pom; mvn versions:set-property > -Dproperty='bang-servlet.version' -DnewVersion="$SERVLET_VERSION" > -DallowSnapshots=true) > > But the property in bang-pom/bang-app-pom/pom.xml isn't modified. The > file is unchanged. > > I added the -X flag to the mvn command and discovered that <property> is > bang-bom.version and newVersion is 2.1.15-SNAPSHOT (instead of the > 3.0.2-SNAPSHOT of SERVLET_VERSION): > https://gist.github.com/steinarb/f186b038f04ebaf4685af5f04b1dd0ab#file-set-version-log-01-L194 > > I wondered if I was using the wrong form for the user arguments, but I'm > not, according to the documentation: > https://www.mojohaus.org/versions/versions-maven-plugin/set-property-mojo.html#property > https://www.mojohaus.org/versions/versions-maven-plugin/set-property-mojo.html#newVersion > > So what am I doing wrong? > > Various things I have tried, that haven't worked: > 1. Adding a dependency using the property as version in dependency > management of the pom I'm trying to modify > 2. Referencing the above dependency managment dependency in the > <dependencies> section > 3. Removing the dependency management and just having a dependency in > <dependencies> using the property in <version> > 4. Running the "mvn versions:set-property" command from the top pom > instead of the pom with the property I'm trying to change > 5. Add "--non-recursive" to the "mvn versions:set-property" command > > But, as said, none of those had any effect. > > The bang-pom/bang-app-pom/pom.xml file stayed unchanged. > > All ideas and hints and suggestions are welcome! > > Thanks! > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >
