[MNG-6122] detect self references in POM and fail fast

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.3.9
• Component/s: Bootstrap & Build, Dependencies
• Labels: build easyfix
• Environment: Oracle JDK 1.8.0_111 on Linux 4.8 x64
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Gregor B. Rosenauer
• Created: 21/Nov/16 13:46
• Updated: 21/Nov/16 18:59
• Resolved: 21/Nov/16 18:59

Description

Maven does not detect self references in a POM and tries to download the artifact it is about to build, which makes no sense and should result in an early error and abort of the build.

E.g. pseudo POM:

    <groupId>org.my.acme</groupId>
    <artifactId>my-module</artifactId>
    <version>1.2.3</version>
    <dependencies>
        ...
        <dependency>
            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
            <artifactId>my-module</artifactId>
            <version>${project.version}</version>
        <dependency>
    <dependencies>

Maven tries to download my-module.jar but obviously fails...

Issue Links

• duplicates: MNG-6123 detect self references in POM and fail fast