[MRM-1645] mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeCatalog (archetype-catalog.xml) failing with Not a valid artifact path

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.4-M1
• Fix Version/s: 1.4-M3
• Environment: RHEL6
• Flags: Patch
• Assignee: Olivier Lamy
• Reporter: charles kim
• Created: 20/Jul/12 12:47
• Updated: 05/Apr/15 14:54
• Resolved: 30/Jul/12 09:40

Description

"mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeCatalog=http://host:9999/repository/public/foo/maven_archetypes" will append the archetype-catalog.xml and it should fetch the list of archetypes. However, this is failing on Archiva where an exception is thrown with "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Not a valid artifact path in a Maven 2 repository, filename 'archetype-catalog.xml' doesn't start with artifact ID" since Archiva is treating this as an artifact.

I think there needs to be a check for such case similar to metadata file for an archetype catalog so that it doesn't try to check for valid artifact format. I can create a ticket and submit a patch for this.
Thanks.
-Charlie