[MNG-464] confusing error reported when using a non writable local directory

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0-alpha-3
• Fix Version/s: 2.2.1
• Component/s: Artifacts and Repositories
• Assignee: Edwin Punzalan
• Reporter: Jerome Lacoste
• Created: 09/Jun/05 06:09
• Updated: 02/Jul/14 14:43
• Resolved: 19/Jan/14 18:12

Description

I was trying to share a repository between 2 users, and tried to do so before setting the repository permissions correctly.
user1 created the repository
user2 tried to do a build without having write access to repository

the build failed with a confusing error. Something like:

Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/tools/share/m2/org/codehaus/cargo/cargo/0.6-SNAPSHOT/cargo-0.6-SNAPSHOT.version.txt (No such file or directory)

(I don't have the exact log unfortunately, but it shouldn't be too hard to reproduce)

I think a previous failure (e.g. couldn't write in a directory) was silently discarded. That error if treated appropriately could help better diagnose the issue.