That is a brilliant example of lateral thinking, and a horrible horrible hack!
But it works. Thanks for that -- Vihung -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Fay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 5:58 PM To: Maven Users List Subject: Re: Tests fail (class not found) when running against non-standard local repository location I would try using the MS-DOS command "subst" to set up a fake M: drive or something that is actually pointing at your current project. Then tell settings.xml that your repo is at M:\repository which will actually be c:\your-projects\project1\repository. If this works, make a set.bat file to automate the process, and copy the batch file into each of your projects. Wayne On 8/15/07, Vihung Marathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. 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