[MNG-4571] mvn deploy -DaltDeploymentRepository errors out

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0-alpha-6
• Fix Version/s: 3.0-alpha-7

Environment

Apache Maven 3.0-alpha-6 (r896384; 2010-01-06 06:00:46-0500)
Java version: 1.6.0_17
Java home: /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: MacRoman
OS name: "mac os x" version: "10.6.2" arch: "x86_64" Family: "mac"

• Assignee: Benjamin Bentmann
• Reporter: Justin Edelson
• Created: 25/Feb/10 08:25
• Updated: 11/Mar/10 10:40
• Resolved: 27/Feb/10 16:10

Description

With version <= 2.2.1, I can do:
mvn -DaltDeploymentRepository=<reponame>::default::<url> deploy

and get a project's artifacts deployed into my 3rd party snapshot repo.

However, with 3.0-alpha-6:

[INFO] — maven-deploy-plugin:2.4:deploy (default-deploy) @ maven-sling-plugin —
[INFO] Using alternate deployment repository <reponame>::default::<url>
[INFO] Retrieving previous build number from <reponame>
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 5.692s
[INFO] Finished at: Thu Feb 25 09:23:05 EST 2010
[INFO] Final Memory: 12M/264M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:2.4:deploy (default-deploy) on project maven-sling-plugin: Error retrieving previous build number for artifact 'org.apache.sling:maven-sling-plugin:maven-plugin': repository metadata for: 'snapshot org.apache.sling:maven-sling-plugin:2.0.5-SNAPSHOT' could not be retrieved from repository: <reponame> due to an error: Error transferring file: Server returned HTTP response code: 401 for URL: <url>org/apache/sling/maven-sling-plugin/2.0.5-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoExecutionException

(obviously, <reponame> and <url> have been subbed in here for the actual values)

I'm using plain text passwords in ~/.m2/settings.xml.

Issue Links

• is related to: MNG-4469 [regression] deploy:deploy-file fails with secured repository