[MNG-7183] Plugin declaration silently ignored if groupId uses property references

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 3.6.2, 3.6.3, 3.8.1
• Component/s: Bootstrap & Build, Inheritance and Interpolation
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Martin D'Aloia
• Created: 09/Jul/21 19:58
• Updated: 17/Feb/23 23:47

Description

Declaring a plugin where its <groupId> value is/contains a property reference (${example}) is silently ignored and no error is thrown since Maven 3.6.2 (worked on 3.6.1).

Actual behavior:

• Plugin configuration silently ignored

Expected behavior:

• Work as in 3.6.1, or
• Produce an error if such config is not allowed

Workaround:

• Use a static value for the <groupId> without property references

Suspecting root cause:

• MNG-6697

Attached you could find a self-contained example using the maven-clean-plugin (but also happens with third-party plugins).
To ease the comparison, this has 2 profiles: one declares the value explicitly and the other (indirect) via a property reference.

Execute it as: ./run.sh
and you will get at the end:

./out/maven-3.8.1-profile-indirect.log:[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:2.5:clean (default-clean) @ maven-bug-example ---
./out/maven-3.8.1-profile-indirect.log:[DEBUG] (f) skip = false
./out/maven-3.8.1-profile-explicit.log:[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:3.1.0:clean (default-clean) @ maven-bug-example ---
./out/maven-3.8.1-profile-explicit.log:[DEBUG] (f) skip = true
./out/maven-3.6.3-profile-indirect.log:[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:2.5:clean (default-clean) @ maven-bug-example ---
./out/maven-3.6.3-profile-indirect.log:[DEBUG] (f) skip = false
./out/maven-3.6.3-profile-explicit.log:[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:3.1.0:clean (default-clean) @ maven-bug-example ---
./out/maven-3.6.3-profile-explicit.log:[DEBUG] (f) skip = true
./out/maven-3.6.2-profile-indirect.log:[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:2.5:clean (default-clean) @ maven-bug-example ---
./out/maven-3.6.2-profile-indirect.log:[DEBUG] (f) skip = false
./out/maven-3.6.2-profile-explicit.log:[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:3.1.0:clean (default-clean) @ maven-bug-example ---
./out/maven-3.6.2-profile-explicit.log:[DEBUG] (f) skip = true
./out/maven-3.6.1-profile-indirect.log:[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:3.1.0:clean (default-clean) @ maven-bug-example ---
./out/maven-3.6.1-profile-indirect.log:[DEBUG] (f) skip = true
./out/maven-3.6.1-profile-explicit.log:[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:3.1.0:clean (default-clean) @ maven-bug-example ---
./out/maven-3.6.1-profile-explicit.log:[DEBUG] (f) skip = true

Here you could see that the plugin version (2.5) and skip (false) configuration isn't what was configured for indirect profile.

Another example, defining a base config as <pluginManagement>, it is also ignoring the specific <configuration> on <plugin> usage.

Execute it as: ./run.sh pom-pluginManagement.xml
and you will get at the end:

./out/maven-3.8.1-profile-indirect.log:[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:3.1.0:clean (default-clean) @ maven-bug-example ---
./out/maven-3.8.1-profile-indirect.log:[DEBUG] (f) skip = false
./out/maven-3.8.1-profile-explicit.log:[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:3.1.0:clean (default-clean) @ maven-bug-example ---
./out/maven-3.8.1-profile-explicit.log:[DEBUG] (f) skip = true
./out/maven-3.6.3-profile-indirect.log:[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:3.1.0:clean (default-clean) @ maven-bug-example ---
./out/maven-3.6.3-profile-indirect.log:[DEBUG] (f) skip = false
./out/maven-3.6.3-profile-explicit.log:[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:3.1.0:clean (default-clean) @ maven-bug-example ---
./out/maven-3.6.3-profile-explicit.log:[DEBUG] (f) skip = true
./out/maven-3.6.2-profile-indirect.log:[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:3.1.0:clean (default-clean) @ maven-bug-example ---
./out/maven-3.6.2-profile-indirect.log:[DEBUG] (f) skip = false
./out/maven-3.6.2-profile-explicit.log:[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:3.1.0:clean (default-clean) @ maven-bug-example ---
./out/maven-3.6.2-profile-explicit.log:[DEBUG] (f) skip = true
./out/maven-3.6.1-profile-indirect.log:[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:3.1.0:clean (default-clean) @ maven-bug-example ---
./out/maven-3.6.1-profile-indirect.log:[DEBUG] (f) skip = true
./out/maven-3.6.1-profile-explicit.log:[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:3.1.0:clean (default-clean) @ maven-bug-example ---
./out/maven-3.6.1-profile-explicit.log:[DEBUG] (f) skip = true