Hi, Yes I could do that, I just wondered if there was a cleaner way to get the dependencies downloaded.
Ben -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Fay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 May 2006 17:16 To: Maven Users List Subject: Re: M2 Dependencies That's "with no source code". wf On 5/10/06, Wayne Fay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Given that dependencies are downloaded BEFORE compilation step, I > don't know why you couldn't create an empty project with on source > code, create a pom that specified dependencies you want to download, > and then run "mvn -U compile" to download the files. > > It will probably error out when it hits the compile step due to "no > source files to compile" but that is easy to ignore. > > I'm also curious, what's the use case for this functionality? > > Wayne > > On 5/10/06, dan tran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > usually you need dependencies to build some artifacts, what is your use > > case? > > > > -D > > > > > > On 5/10/06, Ben Short <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Is there a goal I can use to just download dependencies without cleaning > > > or > > > compiling my maven project? > > > > > > > > > Ben > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
