I've setup a small test here, and using the merge-control attributes I introduced for plugin configuration handling, I cannot get it to work. It'll take more debugging to get this worked out.
In the meantime, I filed this issue: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-2218 Please vote/watch it for updates. On 4/10/06, Brett Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't think adding that to the child POM is necessary, since it is > implied when you run the tests. > > What Jules was asking was if systemProperties could be merged during > inheritence. The answer to that is, I believe, no. However, there may > be an attribute that you can set on the system properties to have it > merge - I know there is some code John added for that but I don't know > whether it is exposed, or how it is used. It is certainly > undocumented. > > John? > > - Brett > > On 4/11/06, John Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You should be able to setup your plugin configuration at the top level > using > > a <pluginManagement/> section, then simply reference the plugin by: > > > > <plugin> > > <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId> > > </plugin> > > > > in each module POM. > > > > -john > > > > On 4/10/06, Jules Gosnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I have a number of submodules which I would like to all inherit the > same > > > sys-props from a top-level pom to be set when running unit tests. > > > > > > Each module may wish to provide its own additional properties at test > > > time. > > > > > > Is this possible ? Or do I have to either repeat shared props in every > > > modules or merge all props into top-level ? The online plugin doc > > > doesn't seem to consider this usecase... > > > > > > Thanks for your time. > > > > > > > > > Jules > > > > > > -- > > > "Open Source is a self-assembling organism. You dangle a piece of > > > string into a super-saturated solution and a whole operating-system > > > crystallises out around it." > > > > > > /********************************** > > > * Jules Gosnell > > > * Partner > > > * Core Developers Network (Europe) > > > * > > > * www.coredevelopers.net > > > * > > > * Open Source Training & Support. > > > **********************************/ > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
