[MNG-3523] Bad error message if plugin.xml is missing/corrupt

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.9
• Component/s: Plugin API
• Assignee: Brett Porter
• Reporter: Aaron Digulla
• Created: 14/Apr/08 08:49
• Updated: 01/Jul/09 12:34
• Resolved: 01/Jul/09 12:34

Description

Take the JAR of the maven-resources-plugin, delete the file META-INF/maven/plugin.xml and run maven. You'll get this error:

java.lang.IllegalStateException: The PluginDescriptor for the plugin Plugin
[org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin] was not found.

Issue Links

• duplicates: MNG-4057 Propose checking of plugin artifact when plugin descriptor cannot be found