I've solved the problem. The multiproject goal needed changing to:
<goal name="multi:all">
<!-- Only runs the tests while building the site -->
<attainGoal name="clean"/>
<j:set var="maven.disable.tests" value="true" scope="parent" />
<attainGoal name="multi:build" />
<j:set var="maven.disable.tests" value="false" scope="parent" />
<attainGoal name="multi:site" />
</goal>
i.e. scope="parent" added.
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From: <i>"Michael Owen"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]></i><br>Reply-To: <i>"Maven Users
List" <[email protected]></i><br>To:
<i>[email protected]</i><br>Subject: <i>Re: [m1.1b2] maven.test.skip
not working</i><br>Date: <i>Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:03:09
+0100</i><br>>Hi,<br>><br>>Many thanks for your help. It is very
appreciated. However, tried <br>>the code you suggest and it is still not
working. Using the print
<br>>statement:<br>><br>><ant:echo>(1) maven.disable.tests =
<br>>${context.getVariable('maven.disable.tests')}</ant:echo><br>><br>>in
the code (which is in a common maven.xml file):<br>><br>>
<preGoal name="test:test"><br>><br>>
<j:choose><br>> <j:when
<br>>test="${context.getVariable('maven.disable.tests') ==
'true'}"><br>> <ant:echo>(1)
maven.disable.tests =
<br>>${context.getVariable('maven.disable.tests')}</ant:echo><br>>
<maven:set plugin="maven-test-plugin"
<br>>property="maven.test.skip" value="true"
/><br>> </j:when><br>><br>>
<j:otherwise><br>> <ant:echo>(2)
maven.disable.tests =
<br>>${context.getVariable('maven.disable.tests')}</ant:echo><br>>
</j:otherwise><br>>
</j:choose><br>><br>> </preGoal><br>><br>>The
varaiable maven.disable.tests appears to be empty when running <br>>the
goal multi:all, however, shouldn't be due to code in the <br>>buildsystem
maven.xml, where the goal is executed from:<br>><br>> <goal
name="multi:all"><br>><br>> <!-- Only runs the
tests while building the site --><br>> <attainGoal
name="clean"/><br>><br>> <j:set
var="maven.disable.tests" value="true"
/><br>><br>> <attainGoal name="multi:build"
/><br>><br>> <j:set var="maven.disable.tests"
value="false" /><br>><br>> <attainGoal
name="multi:site" /><br>><br>>
</goal><br>><br>>Tried changing the <j:set
var="maven.disable.tests" value="true" />
<br>>statement to ${context.setVariable('maven.disable.tests','true')}
<br>>etc. with no luck.<br>><br>>Does anybody have any
suggestions?<br>><br>>Thanks<br>><br>>Mike<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>>I
finally worked out some Jelly code that I believe addresses your
<br>>requirements using m1.1b2:<br>><br>>1) my earlier remarks
about the artifact plugin's namespace can be <br>>ignored, it isn't
required<br>><br>>2) in your multiproject context, if you add the
preGoal logic to the <br>>top level maven.xml file it will be inherited
by the subprojects, so <br>>it is required only once<br>><br>>3)
the behavior varies based on the value of the Maven variable
<br>>maven.disable.tests, which you can set programatically as
needed<br>><br>>4) the echo statements were included to produce warm
fuzzies<br>><br>><preGoal name="test:test"><br>>
<j:choose><br>> <j:when
test="${context.getVariable('maven.disable.tests') ==
<br>>'true'}"><br>> <echo message="in test:test
preGoal maven.disable.tests == <br>>true"/><br>>
<maven:set plugin="maven-test-plugin"
<br>>property="maven.test.skip"<br>>
value="true"/><br>> </j:when><br>>
<j:otherwise><br>> <echo message="in test:test
preGoal maven.disable.tests != <br>>true"/><br>>
</j:otherwise><br>>
</j:choose><br>></preGoal><br>><br>>So your code could
be modified as follows:<br>><br>><goal
name="multi:all"><br>><br>> <!-- Only runs the
tests while building the site --><br>> <attainGoal
name="clean"/><br>><br>> <j:set
var="maven.disable.tests" value="true" /><br>>
<attainGoal name="multi:build" /><br>><br>>
<j:set var="maven.disable.tests" value="false"
/><br>><br>> <attainGoal name="multi:site"
/><br>><br>></goal><br>><br>><br>>---------------------------------------------------------------------<br>>To
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