[MRESOURCES-87] Test resource doesn't override main resource

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 2.3
• Component/s: copy
• Environment: Apache Maven 2.1.0 (r755702; 2009-03-18 15:10:27-0400); Java version: 1.6.0_07
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Andrey Paramonov
• Created: 21/Apr/09 21:57
• Updated: 25/Nov/14 14:48
• Resolved: 25/Nov/14 14:48

Description

I have two files:

src/main/resources/resource.xml
src/test/resources/resource.xml

and following block in the pom.xml:

<build>
  <resources>
    <resource>
      <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
    </resource>
  </resources>
</build>
<profiles>
  <profile>
    <id>test</id>
    <build>
      <resources>
        <resource>
          <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
        </resource>
      </resources>
    </build>
  </profile>
</profiles>

When I run mvn clean package, I want the file from src/main/resources to be packaged. When I run mvn clean package -P test, I want the file from src/test/resources to be packaged. Unfortunately, that doesn't happen. However, when I add filtering to profiled resource:

<profile>
  <build>
    <resources>
      <resource>
        <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
        <filtering>true</filtering>
      </resource>
    </resources>
  </build>
</profile>

it works. So two questions:

• is it a bug that overriding strategy is triggered by filtering tag?
• if so, which behavior is correct: always override resource or never?