[MDEP-432] dependency:unpack documents 'artifact', but does not support pomless execution

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
• Affects Version/s: 2.8
• Component/s: unpack
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Benson Margulies
• Created: 20/Nov/13 09:27
• Updated: 15/Apr/17 20:26
• Resolved: 15/Apr/17 20:26

Description

http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/unpack-mojo.html#artifact implies the use from command-line, but this goal refuses to run without a POM.

Either the parameter should be documented as deprecated, or command-line execution should work.