Hi Emmanuel and All, Thanks for the help!

I've implemented the command in my pom.xml, as follows:

<project>
   .
   .
   .
  <scm>
    
<connection>scm:cvs:pserver:<my-userid>@<my.cvs.server.com>:<my-cvs-repository>:<my-module></connection>
  </scm>
   .
   .
   .
</project>

using http://maven.apache.org/maven2/maven-model/maven.html#class_Scm as a 
guide, and get
the following result:

+ Error stacktraces are turned on.
[DEBUG] Building Maven global-level plugin registry from: 
'c:\maven-2.0-alpha-3\conf\plugin-registry.xml'
[DEBUG] Building Maven user-level plugin registry from: 'C:\Documents and 
Settings\jharriso\.m2\plugin-registry.xml'
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'scm'.
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central-plugins
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-scm-plugin:pom:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT: NOT 
checking for updates from snapshots-plugins 
(http://snapshots.maven.codehaus.org/maven2/plugins)
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-scm-plugin:pom:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT: Skipping 
disabled repository central-plugins (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/plugins)
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-scm-plugin:pom:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT: Skipping 
disabled repository central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)
[DEBUG] maven-scm-plugin: using locally installed snapshot
[DEBUG] maven-scm-plugin: using locally installed snapshot
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central-plugins
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: Artifact version metadata for: 
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-plugin-parent:pom:2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT could not 
be found on repository: snapshots-plugins
org.apache.maven.wagon.ResourceDoesNotExistException: Unable to locate resource 
in repository
        at 
org.apache.maven.wagon.providers.http.LightweightHttpWagon.fillInputData(LightweightHttpWagon.java:81)
        at org.apache.maven.wagon.StreamWagon.get(StreamWagon.java:70)
        at 
org.apache.maven.artifact.manager.DefaultWagonManager.getRemoteFile(DefaultWagonManager.java:325)
        at 
org.apache.maven.artifact.manager.DefaultWagonManager.getArtifactMetadata(DefaultWagonManager.java:256)
        at 
org.apache.maven.artifact.metadata.AbstractVersionArtifactMetadata.retrieveFromRemoteRepository(AbstractVersionArtifactMetadata.java:68)
        at 
org.apache.maven.artifact.transform.AbstractVersionTransformation.resolveLegacyVersion(AbstractVersionTransformation.java:172)
        at 
org.apache.maven.artifact.transform.AbstractVersionTransformation.resolveVersion(AbstractVersionTransformation.java:85)
        at 
org.apache.maven.artifact.transform.SnapshotTransformation.transformForResolve(SnapshotTransformation.java:52)
        at 
org.apache.maven.artifact.transform.DefaultArtifactTransformationManager.transformForResolve(DefaultArtifactTransformationManager.java:37)
        at 
org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolve(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:106)
        at 
org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolve(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:62)
        at 
org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.findModelFromRepository(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:332)
        at 
org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.assembleLineage(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:802)
        at 
org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.build(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:496)
        at 
org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.buildFromRepository(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:316)
        at 
org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.checkRequiredMavenVersion(DefaultPluginManager.java:231)
        at 
org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.verifyPlugin(DefaultPluginManager.java:177)
        at 
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.getMojoDescriptor(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1011)
        at 
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.segmentTaskListByAggregationNeeds(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:375)
        at 
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:108)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:186)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:316)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at 
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375)
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: 
http://snapshots.maven.codehaus.org/maven2/plugins/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-plugin-parent/2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT/maven-plugin-parent-2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT.version.txt
        at 
sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1147)
        at 
org.apache.maven.wagon.providers.http.LightweightHttpWagon.fillInputData(LightweightHttpWagon.java:71)
        ... 29 more
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-plugin-parent:pom:2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT: Skipping 
disabled repository central-plugins (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/plugins)
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-plugin-parent:pom:2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT: Skipping 
disabled repository central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)
[DEBUG] maven-plugin-parent: using locally installed snapshot
[DEBUG] maven-plugin-parent: using locally installed snapshot
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central-plugins
[DEBUG] maven-scm-plugin: using locally installed snapshot
[INFO] 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Maven Quick Start Archetype
[INFO]    task-segment: [scm:checkout]
[INFO] 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central-plugins
[DEBUG] maven-scm-plugin: using locally installed snapshot
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central-plugins
[DEBUG] maven-plugin-parent: using locally installed snapshot
[DEBUG] 
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-scm-plugin:maven-plugin:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT 
(selected for runtime)
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-provider-perforce:pom:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT: NOT 
checking for updates from snapshots (http://snapshots.maven.codehaus.org/maven2)
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-provider-perforce:pom:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT: 
Skipping disabled repository central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)
[DEBUG] maven-scm-provider-perforce: resolved to version 
1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-2 from repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-providers:pom:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT: NOT checking 
for updates from snapshots (http://snapshots.maven.codehaus.org/maven2)
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-providers:pom:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT: Skipping 
disabled repository central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)
[DEBUG] maven-scm-providers: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-2 
from repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm:pom:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT: NOT checking for 
updates from snapshots (http://snapshots.maven.codehaus.org/maven2)
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm:pom:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT: Skipping disabled 
repository central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)
[DEBUG] maven-scm: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-3 from 
repository snapshots
[DEBUG]   
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-provider-perforce:jar:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT 
(selected for runtime)
[DEBUG]     regexp:regexp:jar:1.3 (selected for runtime)
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-api:pom:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT: NOT checking for 
updates from snapshots (http://snapshots.maven.codehaus.org/maven2)
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-api:pom:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT: Skipping disabled 
repository central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)
[DEBUG] maven-scm-api: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-2 from 
repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-3 from 
repository snapshots
[DEBUG]     org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-api:jar:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT 
(selected for runtime)
[DEBUG]       junit:junit:jar:3.8.1 (selected for runtime)
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-provider-starteam:pom:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT: NOT 
checking for updates from snapshots (http://snapshots.maven.codehaus.org/maven2)
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-provider-starteam:pom:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT: 
Skipping disabled repository central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)
[DEBUG] maven-scm-provider-starteam: resolved to version 
1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-2 from repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm-providers: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-2 
from repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-3 from 
repository snapshots
[DEBUG]   
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-provider-starteam:jar:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT 
(selected for runtime)
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm-api: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-2 from 
repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-3 from 
repository snapshots
[DEBUG]     org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-api:jar:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT 
(removed - nearer found: 1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT)
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-manager-plexus:pom:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT: NOT 
checking for updates from snapshots (http://snapshots.maven.codehaus.org/maven2)
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-manager-plexus:pom:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT: 
Skipping disabled repository central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)
[DEBUG] maven-scm-manager-plexus: resolved to version 
1.0-alpha-2-20050830.162443-3 from repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-managers:pom:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT: NOT checking 
for updates from snapshots (http://snapshots.maven.codehaus.org/maven2)
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-managers:pom:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT: Skipping 
disabled repository central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)
[DEBUG] maven-scm-managers: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.162443-3 
from repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-3 from 
repository snapshots
[DEBUG]   
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-manager-plexus:jar:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT 
(selected for runtime)
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm-api: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-2 from 
repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-3 from 
repository snapshots
[DEBUG]     org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-api:jar:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT 
(removed - nearer found: 1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT)
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm-provider-svn: resolved to version 
1.0-alpha-2-20050907.060524-3 from repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm-providers: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-2 
from repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-3 from 
repository snapshots
[DEBUG]   org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-provider-svn:jar:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT 
(selected for runtime)
[DEBUG]     regexp:regexp:jar:1.3 (removed - nearer found: 1.3)
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm-api: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-2 from 
repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-3 from 
repository snapshots
[DEBUG]     org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-api:jar:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT 
(removed - nearer found: 1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT)
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-provider-clearcase:pom:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT: NOT 
checking for updates from snapshots (http://snapshots.maven.codehaus.org/maven2)
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-provider-clearcase:pom:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT: 
Skipping disabled repository central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)
[DEBUG] maven-scm-provider-clearcase: resolved to version 
1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-3 from repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm-providers: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-2 
from repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-3 from 
repository snapshots
[DEBUG]   
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-provider-clearcase:jar:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT 
(selected for runtime)
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm-api: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-2 from 
repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-3 from 
repository snapshots
[DEBUG]     org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-api:jar:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT 
(removed - nearer found: 1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT)
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-provider-local:pom:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT: NOT 
checking for updates from snapshots (http://snapshots.maven.codehaus.org/maven2)
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-provider-local:pom:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT: 
Skipping disabled repository central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)
[DEBUG] maven-scm-provider-local: resolved to version 
1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-2 from repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm-providers: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-2 
from repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-3 from 
repository snapshots
[DEBUG]   
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-provider-local:jar:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT 
(selected for runtime)
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm-api: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-2 from 
repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-3 from 
repository snapshots
[DEBUG]     org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-api:jar:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT 
(removed - nearer found: 1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT)
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-provider-cvs:pom:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT: NOT 
checking for updates from snapshots (http://snapshots.maven.codehaus.org/maven2)
[DEBUG] resolveMetaData: 
org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-provider-cvs:pom:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT: Skipping 
disabled repository central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)
[DEBUG] maven-scm-provider-cvs: resolved to version 
1.0-alpha-2-20050830.162333-2 from repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm-providers: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-2 
from repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-3 from 
repository snapshots
[DEBUG]   org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-provider-cvs:jar:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT 
(selected for runtime)
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm-api: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-2 from 
repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-3 from 
repository snapshots
[DEBUG]     org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-api:jar:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT 
(removed - nearer found: 1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT)
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm-manager-plexus: resolved to version 
1.0-alpha-2-20050830.162443-3 from repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm-api: resolved to version 1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-2 from 
repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm-provider-svn: resolved to version 
1.0-alpha-2-20050907.060524-3 from repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm-provider-perforce: resolved to version 
1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-2 from repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm-provider-local: resolved to version 
1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-2 from repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm-provider-cvs: resolved to version 
1.0-alpha-2-20050830.162333-2 from repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm-provider-starteam: resolved to version 
1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-2 from repository snapshots
[DEBUG] Skipping disabled repository central
[DEBUG] maven-scm-provider-clearcase: resolved to version 
1.0-alpha-2-20050830.161115-3 from repository snapshots
[INFO] 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] BUILD ERROR
[INFO] 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Diagnosis: Error configuring plugin for execution of 'scm:checkout'.
[INFO] 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Cause: 
org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException: Error configuring plugin for 
execution of 'scm:checkout'.
        at 
org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:335)
        at 
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:479)
        at 
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeStandaloneGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:460)
        at 
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:442)
        at 
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:273)
        at 
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:131)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:186)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:316)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at 
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginParameterException: Invalid or missing 
parameters: [Mojo parameter [name: 'connectionUrl'; alias: 'null']] for mojo: 
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-scm-plugin:1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT:checkout
        at 
org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.checkRequiredParameters(DefaultPluginManager.java:776)
        at 
org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.getConfiguredMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:513)
        at 
org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:330)
        ... 15 more
[INFO] 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 1 second
[INFO] Finished at: Wed Sep 14 16:03:01 PDT 2005
[INFO] Final Memory: 2M/4M
[INFO] 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Any ideas what's going wrong? Thanks for any assistance!

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Emmanuel Venisse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 8:42 AM
To: Maven Users List
Subject: Re: [m2] scm:checkout


I create an issue for this problem (http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-893)

I think that if you create a basic pom.xml file in your directory and 
run your command, it will be ok.

Emmanuel

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm using the scm plugin as follows:
> 
> m2 scm:checkout 
> -Dmaven.scm.url=scm:cvs:pserver:<my-userid>@<my.cvs.server.com>:<my-cvs-repository>:<my-module>
> 
> and receiving the following response:
> 
> [INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'scm'.
> [INFO] 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [INFO] Building Maven Default Project
> [INFO]    task-segment: [scm:checkout]
> [INFO] 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---------------------------------------------------
> constituent[0]: file:/c:/maven-2.0-alpha-3/lib/commons-cli-1.0-beta-2.jar
> constituent[1]: 
> file:/c:/maven-2.0-alpha-3/lib/doxia-sink-api-1.0-alpha-4-20050721.064859-1.jar
> constituent[2]: file:/c:/maven-2.0-alpha-3/lib/jline-0.9.1.jar
> constituent[3]: file:/c:/maven-2.0-alpha-3/lib/jsch-0.1.21.jar
> constituent[4]: 
> file:/c:/maven-2.0-alpha-3/lib/maven-artifact-2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT.jar
> constituent[5]: 
> file:/c:/maven-2.0-alpha-3/lib/maven-artifact-manager-2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT.jar
> constituent[6]: 
> file:/c:/maven-2.0-alpha-3/lib/maven-core-2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT.jar
> constituent[7]: 
> file:/c:/maven-2.0-alpha-3/lib/maven-model-2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT.jar
> constituent[8]: 
> file:/c:/maven-2.0-alpha-3/lib/maven-monitor-2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT.jar
> constituent[9]: 
> file:/c:/maven-2.0-alpha-3/lib/maven-plugin-api-2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT.jar
> constituent[10]: 
> file:/c:/maven-2.0-alpha-3/lib/maven-plugin-descriptor-2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT.jar
> constituent[11]: 
> file:/c:/maven-2.0-alpha-3/lib/maven-plugin-registry-2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT.jar
> constituent[12]: 
> file:/c:/maven-2.0-alpha-3/lib/maven-profile-2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT.jar
> constituent[13]: 
> file:/c:/maven-2.0-alpha-3/lib/maven-project-2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT.jar
> constituent[14]: 
> file:/c:/maven-2.0-alpha-3/lib/maven-reporting-api-2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT.jar
> constituent[15]: 
> file:/c:/maven-2.0-alpha-3/lib/maven-repository-metadata-2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT.jar
> constituent[16]: 
> file:/c:/maven-2.0-alpha-3/lib/maven-settings-2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT.jar
> constituent[17]: 
> file:/c:/maven-2.0-alpha-3/lib/plexus-input-handler-1.0-alpha-2.jar
> constituent[18]: file:/c:/maven-2.0-alpha-3/lib/wagon-file-1.0-alpha-4.jar
> constituent[19]: 
> file:/c:/maven-2.0-alpha-3/lib/wagon-http-lightweight-1.0-alpha-4.jar
> constituent[20]: 
> file:/c:/maven-2.0-alpha-3/lib/wagon-provider-api-1.0-alpha-4.jar
> constituent[21]: file:/c:/maven-2.0-alpha-3/lib/wagon-ssh-1.0-alpha-4.jar
> ---------------------------------------------------
> java.lang.NullPointerException
>       at 
> org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginParameterExpressionEvaluator.evaluate(PluginParameterExpressionEvaluator.java:221)
>       at 
> org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.checkRequiredParameters(DefaultPluginManager.java:705)
>       at 
> org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.getConfiguredMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:513)
>       at 
> org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:330)
>       at 
> org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:479)
>       at 
> org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeStandaloneGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:460)
>       at 
> org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:442)
>       at 
> org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:273)
>       at 
> org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:131)
>       at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:186)
>       at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:316)
>       at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
>       at 
> sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
>       at 
> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
>       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
>       at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315)
>       at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255)
>       at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430)
>       at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375)
> 
> Does anyone have ideas what might be going wrong? [-X doesn't provide better 
> information, unfortunately]
> 
> Thanks for any assistance!
> 
> John
> 
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