[MNG-6191] mvn -f complains about illegal readlink option under macOS

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.5.0-alpha-1, 3.5.0-beta-1
• Fix Version/s: 3.5.0
• Component/s: Command Line

Environment

Java version: 1.8.0_111, vendor: Oracle Corporation
Java home: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_111.jdk/Contents/Home/jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.10.5", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac"

• Assignee: Stephen Connolly
• Reporter: Andreas Sewe
• Created: 22/Mar/17 11:14
• Updated: 10/Jun/19 18:33
• Resolved: 01/Apr/17 10:30

Description

This is a regression from Maven 3.3.9. With 3.5.0-alpha-1, using mvn -f under OS X causes the following error to be printed out (similar to MNG-5688), before the command proceeds (AFAICT) without error:

> mvn clean package -f releng/repository/pom.xml
readlink: illegal option -- f
usage: readlink [-n] [file ...]
usage: dirname path
[INFO] Scanning for projects...

FWIW, I don’t get this error on a normal mvn clean package without the -f parameter.

Issue Links

• is related to: MNG-6223 mvn -f outputs invalid error when specifying POM directory