If you do something like
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
*<includeTypes>assembly-descriptor**<****includeTypes>*
...**
</configuration>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
</plugin>
That will only copy the assembly-descriptor dependencies of your module
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Stephen Connolly <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Copy requires that the artifact must be in the local repository or in a
> remote repository.
>
> The copy dependencies allows for the artifact to come from the reactor, so
> you don't have to install the artifact into your local repository.
>
> The copy dependencies can be set to only copy one dependency.
>
> Trust me, this is the better way to do it.
>
> -Stephen
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Reto Bachmann-Gmür <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Thank you very much for your help, I can now have many projects generate
> > the right assembly with just one assembly descriptor and without
> > requiring to check out multiple projects (and having them at the right
> > position in the directory structure).
> >
> > I don't understand your suggestion to use copy-dependencies, what I'm
> > doing is copying a single resource (the assembly descriptor) and not all
> > of the dependencies. The copy goal seems to do its job.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > reto
> >
> >
> >
> > Stephen Connolly wrote:
> > > there are two sets of goals in the maven dependency plugin.
> > >
> > > the first set are copy and unpack. you specify the artifacts inside
> > > the plugin configuration. these are not the set you want. the set you
> > > want are copy-dependencies (or something like that I am on my iPod so
> > > you will have to check) with this set you add the dependency to the
> > > pom. that will force maven to sequence things correctly for you.
> > >
> > > the build helper plugin has a default phase, so leave that alone. I
> > > would bind the dependency plugin to one of the generate phases
> > > (sources or resources)
> > >
> > > Stephen
> > > 2/22/08, Reto Bachmann-Gmür <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> The version I posted doesn't work as the child-projects can't perform
> > >> the attach-artifact attached to the package phase.
> > >>
> > >> I've now extracted the dist configuration and the attachment of it to
> > a
> > >> separate project[1]. Having done this I also attached the copy and
> > the
> > >> assembly goals to the compile and package phases [2].
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> 1.
> > >>
> > http://knobot.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/knobot/rwcf-apps-assembly/trunk/pom.xml
> > >> 2. in
> > >>
> > http://knobot.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/knobot/rwcf-apps/trunk/pom.xml
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Reto Bachmann-Gmür wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Thanks Stephen,
> > >>>
> > >>> trying to follow the path you describe I added the following to the
> > >>> parent-pom:
> > >>>
> > >>> <plugin>
> > >>> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
> > >>> <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
> > >>> <executions>
> > >>> <execution>
> > >>> <id>attach-artifacts</id>
> > >>> <phase>package</phase>
> > >>> <goals>
> > >>> <goal>attach-artifact</goal>
> > >>> </goals>
> > >>> <configuration>
> > >>> <artifacts>
> > >>> <artifact>
> > >>> <file>src/assembly/dist.xml</file>
> > >>> <type>xml</type>
> > >>> <classifier>
> > >>> assembly-descriptor
> > >>> </classifier>
> > >>> </artifact>
> > >>> </artifacts>
> > >>> </configuration>
> > >>> </execution>
> > >>> </executions>
> > >>> </plugin>
> > >>>
> > >>> and
> > >>> <plugin>
> > >>> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
> > >>> <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
> > >>> <configuration>
> > >>> <artifactItems>
> > >>> <artifactItem>
> > >>> <groupId>org.wymiwyg.rwcf</groupId>
> > >>> <artifactId>rwcf-apps</artifactId>
> > >>> <version>0.0.1</version>
> > >>> <type>xml</type>
> > >>> <classifier>assembly-descriptor</classifier>
> > >>> <overWrite>false</overWrite>
> > >>> <outputDirectory>
> > >>> ${project.build.directory}/src/assembly/
> > >>> </outputDirectory>
> > >>> <destFileName>dist.xml</destFileName>
> > >>> </artifactItem>
> > >>> </artifactItems>
> > >>> </configuration>
> > >>> </plugin>
> > >>>
> > >>> furthermore I changed the descriptor of maven-assembly-plugin to use
> > >>> ${project.build.directory}/src/assembly/dist.xml. I didn't change
> > >>> anything to the child-projects.
> > >>>
> > >>> I can now execute "mvn clean dependency:copy assembly:assembly" for
> > >>> child projects to create a distribution-package.
> > >>>
> > >>> The only thing which I'm still insecure is about attaching this to
> > >>> phases, the difficulty seems that the super project doesn't need to
> > >>> have this attached to any phase, and the dependency resolution fails
> > >>> unless executed after install (a solution might be to split the
> > parent
> > >>> into a grand-parent providing the assembly descriptor and binding it
> > >>> to phases in the intermediate parent). But I'm not sure anyway in
> > >>> which phase to best create zip and tar.
> > >>>
> > >>> Cheers,
> > >>> reto
> > >>>
> > >>> Stephen Connolly wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> You could attach the common descriptor as a build artifact one
> > >>>> module, and
> > >>>> then use the dependency plugin to pull it down to each child
> > module.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> i.e.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Use buildhelper-maven-plugin in rwcf-apps to attach dist.xml with a
> > >>>> classifier of, e.g. assembly-descriptor.
> > >>>> Now when you run mvn install or mvn deploy on rwcf-apps the
> > >>>> descriptor will
> > >>>> be published to the maven repository (local or remote respectively)
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Then in one of the modules that you want to use this common
> > >>>> descriptor, add
> > >>>> a dependency on the rwcf-apps with a type of assembly-descriptor,
> > you
> > >>>> use
> > >>>> maven-dependency-plugin to copy the dependency to your target
> > >>>> directory, and
> > >>>> then your pom just directs the assembly plugin to use that
> > descriptor.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> -Stephen
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 8:47 PM, Reto Bachmann-Gmür <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >>>> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Hello
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I'm having many projects that share some dependencies and that
> > >>>>> should be
> > >>>>> packaged the same way. So I wanted to have a parent project
> > configuring
> > >>>>> the maven-assembly-plugin.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I did this with the following in the parent pom:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> ....
> > >>>>> <plugin>
> > >>>>> <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
> > >>>>> <configuration>
> > >>>>> <descriptors>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> <descriptor>../rwcf-apps/src/assembly/dist.xml</descriptor>
> > >>>>> </descriptors>
> > >>>>> </configuration>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> This only works when the parent is checked out in a sibling
> > >>>>> directory of
> > >>>>> the child. If one just check out a child project without checking
> > out
> > >>>>> the parent assembly:assembly wont work. Things work using a
> > >>>>> descriptorRef but the predefined descriptors don't do what I'm
> > looking
> > >>>>> for.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Possibly ways to solve the issues might be:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> * have the plugin look up the descriptor from the parent rather
> > >>>>> * reference a descriptor with an http uri
> > >>>>> * include the content of descriptor directly in the pom
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> ...but I didn't find a way to do it in any of these ways.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Any suggestion on how to make it possible to check out a single
> > >>>>> child-project and being able to assemble it?
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> If you would like to know more precisely what I'm doing, you may
> > >>>>> look at
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> * The descriptor:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>
> > https://knobot.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/knobot/rwcf-apps/trunk/src/assembly/dist.xml
> > >>
> > >>>>> * The parent pom:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>
> > https://knobot.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/knobot/rwcf-apps/trunk/pom.xml
> > >>
> > >>>>> * A child pom:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>
> > https://knobot.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/knobot/rwcf-app-webdav/trunk/pom.xml
> > >>
> > >>>>> Cheers,
> > >>>>> reto
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
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