[MNG-2532] System properties cannot be set from Profiles or Settings.xml

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Incomplete
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.4
• Component/s: Profiles, Settings
• Environment: Windows XP
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Peter Pilgrim
• Created: 29/Aug/06 04:47
• Updated: 22/Jan/14 20:31
• Resolved: 22/Jan/14 20:31

Description

Hi All

With the maven-antrun-plugin in Maven 2.0.4 is it possibly to define a system property. Instead of me doing this all the time.

mvn install -Duser.install.root="C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer"

For more info on the context see my blog http://www.jroller.com/page/peter_pilgrim?entry=how_to_configure_xemacs_http

Specifically the system properties is not set up following to either a profiles.xml or settings.xml file by Maven 2
Possibly the system property I need is not also transfered to the Ant task using the maven-antrun-plugin.

/* profiles.xml */
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>user-install-root</id>
<activation>
<property>
<name>!user.install.root</name>
</property>
</activation>
<properties>
<user.install.root>C:
Program Files\\IBM\\WebSphere
AppServer</user.install.root>
</properties>
</profile>
</profiles>

Running mvn help:active-profiles, however, does show that the profile has been read.

C:\WORKSP~2\M2SPRI~1\ejb>mvn help:active-profiles
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'help'.
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------------------
—
[INFO] Building Maven 2.0 Spring EJB Research Project (EJB Module)
[INFO] task-segment: [help:active-profiles] (aggregator-style)
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------------------
—
[INFO] [help:active-profiles]
[INFO]
Active Profiles for Project 'com.ubs.firc.ptsp.research.ejb:M2SpringEJBExample-e
jb:ejb:1.0-SNAPSHOT':

The following profiles are active:

• user-install-root (source: profiles.xml)

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 1 second
[INFO] Finished at: Tue Aug 29 10:46:31 BST 2006
[INFO] Final Memory: 2M/5M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

C:\WORKSP~2\M2SPRI~1\ejb>

Thanks Peter Pilgrim

Issue Links

• relates to: MNG-2754 System Properties profile activation should move to Execution Properties activation