[MNG-6223] mvn -f outputs invalid error when specifying POM directory

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.5.0-alpha-1, 3.5.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.5.2
• Component/s: Command Line

Environment

Apache Maven 3.5.0 (ff8f5e7444045639af65f6095c62210b5713f426; 2017-04-03T15:39:06-04:00)
Maven home: /Users/cgould/dev/tools/apache-maven-3.5.0
Java version: 1.8.0_131, vendor: Oracle Corporation
Java home: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_131.jdk/Contents/Home/jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.11.6", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac"

• Assignee: Herve Boutemy
• Reporter: Charles Gould
• Created: 29/Apr/17 18:16
• Updated: 28/Mar/20 15:01
• Resolved: 09/May/17 20:19

Description

Basic multi-module project: common, client, and server modules.

$ mvn -f client package
POM file client specified with the -f/--file command line argument does not exist
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building alternate-pom-client 1.0
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.6:resources (default-resources) @ alternate-pom-client ---
[INFO] Using 'UTF-8' encoding to copy filtered resources.
[INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory /Users/cgould/dev/personal/alternate-pom/client/src/main/resources
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile (default-compile) @ alternate-pom-client ---
[INFO] Nothing to compile - all classes are up to date
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.6:testResources (default-testResources) @ alternate-pom-client ---
[INFO] Using 'UTF-8' encoding to copy filtered resources.
[INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory /Users/cgould/dev/personal/alternate-pom/client/src/test/resources
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:testCompile (default-testCompile) @ alternate-pom-client ---
[INFO] No sources to compile
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-surefire-plugin:2.12.4:test (default-test) @ alternate-pom-client ---
[INFO] No tests to run.
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-jar-plugin:2.4:jar (default-jar) @ alternate-pom-client ---
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 0.764 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2017-04-29T14:03:22-04:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 11M/309M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

There is an error message, but the client module proceeds to build nonetheless.

I don't see the error message when I run:

$ mvn -f client/pom.xml package

I've verified it doesn't happen on 3.3.9, but it does happen on 3.5.0 and 3.5.0-alpha-1.

Sample project attached.

Issue Links

• breaks: MNG-5338 Accept a directory with -f/--file
• relates to: MNG-6191 mvn -f complains about illegal readlink option under macOS
• relates to: MNG-6198 mvn script fails to locate .mvn directory when pom location specified with -f
• relates to: MNG-5889 .mvn directory should be picked when using --file