[MANTTASKS-184] No easy way to use parent pom

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 2.1.0
• Component/s: deploy task, install task
• Environment: Ant 1.7.1
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Marcin Wisnicki
• Created: 11/Apr/10 11:52
• Updated: 25/Nov/14 14:48
• Resolved: 25/Nov/14 14:48

Description

There is no proper way to install or deploy parent pom.
It is not possible to install it directly:

<artifact:pom id="parent.pom" file="poms/hamcrest-parent.pom"/>
<artifact:install file="poms/hamcrest-parent.pom" pomRefId="parent.pom" />

Resulting pom will be unprocessed. It's kind of expected but I can't omit file attribute.

I had to workaround it with additional writepom step:

<artifact:pom id="parent.pom" file="poms/hamcrest-parent.pom"/>
<artifact:writepom pomRefId="parent.pom" file="build/poms/hamcrest-parent.pom"/>
<artifact:pom id="parent.pom-1" file="build/poms/hamcrest-parent.pom"/>
<artifact:install file="build/poms/hamcrest-parent.pom" pomRefId="parent.pom-1" />

Possible solutions:

1. Make file attribute completely optional, if not present assume installation of pom artifact
2. Add type attribute to install task
3. Add separate install-pom task