[MSITE-940] SiteToolException: Error reading site descriptor: input contained no data in 4.0.0-M6

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Information Provided
• Affects Version/s: 4.0.0-M6
• Component/s: site:run
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Dave Wichers
• Created: 04/Apr/23 14:47
• Updated: 04/Apr/23 17:54
• Resolved: 04/Apr/23 17:54

Description

In our project: https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy, on the develop branch, everything is working fine with the 4.0.0-M5 version of the maven site plugin. But when we upgrade to 4.0.0-M6, we get the following error when running: mvn site

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-site-plugin:4.0.0-M6:site (default-site) on project esapi: SiteToolException: Error reading site descriptor: input contained no data

And we have no idea why. Is this a bug introduced into M6? Or do we have something configured wrong/unexpected in our project? If our project is misconfigured, a more helpful error message would be appreciated. And guidance on how to fix our project setup would be appreciated too. If a bug, please let us know when it's fixed so we can try out the newer version to verify the fix.