[AXIS2-5779] If JAVA_HOME environment variable not set, Maven module "distribution" fails in maven-invoker-plugin

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.7.2
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.4
• Component/s: kernel
• Assignee: Andreas Veithen
• Reporter: Jeff Thomas
• Created: 08/Jun/16 08:41
• Updated: 11/Jun/16 19:51
• Resolved: 11/Jun/16 19:51

Description

If the environment variable "JAVA_HOME" is not set, an error is thrown during the Maven build of module 'distribution'.

ERROR: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment.
Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the location of your Java installation

This is thrown by the Maven job started by the maven-invoker-plugin.

Here from "modules/distribution/pom.xml":

<plugin>
  <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>2.0.0</version>
  <executions>
    <execution>
      <id>build-maven-samples</id>
      <phase>integration-test</phase>
      <goals>
        <goal>run</goal>
      </goals>
      <configuration>
        <projectsDirectory>${project.build.directory}/axis2-${project.version}/samples</projectsDirectory>
        <pomIncludes>
          <pomInclude>pom.xml</pomInclude>
        </pomIncludes>
        <streamLogs>true</streamLogs>
      </configuration>
    </execution>
  </executions>
</plugin>

This problem can be resolved by adding the following line to the plugin configuration:

<javaHome>${java.home}</javaHome>

This passes the Java installation path of the current pom.xml to the invoked maven pom.xml.