Thanks, the global <mirrorOf>*</mirrorOf> is exactly the bullet-proof
internet decoupling mechanisme I was looking for :-)

Greg_Vaughn wrote:
> 
> "Mikis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 03/09/2007 07:17:32 AM:
> 
>> 
>> I have being struggling with problems regarding dependencies on 
> apparently
>> released artifacts (not snapshots), which contain snapshot or faulty
>> dependencies (maybe transitive). If the artifacts also define their own
>> remote repositories, I'm unable to fix the problem by patching the 
> intranet
>> or proxy repository, as this are circumvented . 
>> 
>> Is it possible to prevent Maven from downloading artifacts from Internet
>> repositories using the intranet/proxy repository as the only remote
>> repository? One way of doing this would be to define some kind of 
> repository
>> whitelist defining the intranet repositories allowed. The offline line
>> option is not quite what I need as this would prevent usage of the 
> intranet
>> repositories.
>> 
>> I fell I'm currently unable to guarantee my intranet Maven users that a
>> fully version controlled dependency definition in the poms will ensure a
>> fixed dependency tree (broken configuration management :-( ). 
> 
> I have not verified this, but I recall 2.0.5 was to have a new feature so 
> that in settings.xml you could specify a repository as a 
> <mirrorOf>*</mirrorOf> for just this sort of situation. Sorry I can't give 
> more specific advice, but that may head you down the right path.
> 
> -Greg Vaughn
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