[MANTTASKS-98] NPE if user settings file doesn't exist

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.8
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.8
• Component/s: pom task
• Environment: 2.0.08-SNAPSHOT from 18-Nov-2007
• Assignee: Herve Boutemy
• Reporter: Pete Muir
• Created: 19/Nov/07 06:48
• Updated: 21/Nov/07 15:29
• Resolved: 21/Nov/07 15:29

Description

When running

<artifact:install file="/path/to/file.jar">
<pom file="/path/to/pom.xml" />
<remoteRepository refId="repo" />
</artifact:install>

you get, if ~/.m2/settings.xml is missing,

java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.maven.settings.SettingsUtils.merge(SettingsUtils.java:110)
at org.apache.maven.artifact.ant.AbstractArtifactTask.initSettings(Abstr
actArtifactTask.java:264)
at org.apache.maven.artifact.ant.AbstractArtifactTask.execute(AbstractAr
tifactTask.java:643)
at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:288)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor2.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)