I agree that the normal Maven way of doing things is to have a settings.xml per seat *(i.e. a user on a machine) that will apply to all projects.
I am working on a project where, for reasons out of my control for now, we would like to have a repository per project, and hence a settings file per project too. I understand that I am working 'against' Maven in doing so, however, most of maven's functionality works fine with this arrangement. The only issue I am having is with the surefire plugin. To summarise, almost all of Maven's core functionality works with a relative repository location. The surefire plugin does not. Perhaps working with a relative repository location is not part of the 'spec', and therefore a failure to do so is not a bug. However, a) Maven has not prevented me from specifying a relative location for the repository, and b) the other plugins seem to work with it fine, so following the principle of least surprises, I would expect the surefire plugin to work with it too -- Vihung -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Fay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 7:57 PM To: Maven Users List Subject: Re: Tests fail (class not found) when running against non-standard local repository location I don't consider it to be a bug. Settings.xml is supposed to have values that apply to "all" projects, so by definition, relative paths should not be acceptable. Wayne On 8/8/07, Vihung Marathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem appears to be when the custom location is a relative path. > > As soon as I change the localRepository value in my settings.xml to an > absolute path - in any form* - it seems to work. > > Any ideas? Is this a bug - possibly with Surefire? All the other goals > work fine with a relative repository location. > > -- Vihung > > * I am on Windows, and all of the following values seem to work > - C:\workspace\myproject\repository > - \workspace\myproject\repository > - C:/workspace/myproject/repository > - /workspace/myproject/repository > > However, assuming I am running maven from C:\workspace\myproject, none > of the following values work > - .\repository > - ./repository > - repository > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vihung Marathe > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 5:56 PM > To: 'Maven Users List' > Subject: RE: Tests fail (class not found) when running against > non-standard local repository location > > > No. > > Actually in the case that works, the command line is longer (because > the default repository location includes the "Documents and Settings" > directory on Windows). > > -- Vihung > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wayne Fay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 4:47 PM > To: Maven Users List > Subject: Re: Tests fail (class not found) when running against > non-standard local repository location > > > Off the top of my head, the only thing I could think would be if, by > redirecting the localRepo, you're running into max lengths of paths on > Windows, or maxing out the -classpath argument length. > > It is certainly an odd problem, and I've never seen it myself, nor > seen it reported on this list. In fact, I know many people are using > localRepo setting to utilize a different location very successfully. > So I'd expect the problem is specific to your environment somehow. > > Wayne > _________________________________________________________________ > > This e-mail may contain confidential information and/or copyright material. This e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee only. Any unauthorised use may be unlawful. > > If you receive this e-mail by mistake please advise the sender immediately by using the reply facility in your e-mail software. > > The Friends Provident group of companies includes these Friends Provident plc subsidiary companies: > > Friends Provident Life and Pensions Limited. Registered number 4096141. > Friends Provident Life Assurance Limited. Registered number 782698. > Friends Provident Pensions Limited. Registered number 475201. > Friends Provident Marketing Limited. Registered number 5059179. > > Each of the above subsidiary companies is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. > > Friends Provident Management Services Limited. Registered number 983330 > > The ultimate holding company is Friends Provident plc. Registered number 4113107. > > All are incorporated companies limited by shares and registered in England. > Registered and Head Office: Pixham End, Dorking, Surrey RH4 1QA. > > www.friendsprovident.com > > _________________________________________________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
