[OODT-624] maven-javadoc-plugin - request to use a later version (e.g. 2.9)

• Type: Dependency upgrade
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.6
• Fix Version/s: 0.6
• Labels: build javadoc
• Skill Level: Don't Know (Unsure) - The default level
• Assignee: Ross Laidlaw
• Reporter: Ross Laidlaw
• Created: 10/Jun/13 22:36
• Updated: 13/Jun/13 17:00
• Resolved: 13/Jun/13 17:00

Description

When building OODT for the first time after a fresh check-out of the trunk, the maven-javadoc-plugin (v2.7) gets stuck and throws many exceptions like this:

[INFO] — maven-javadoc-plugin:2.7:javadoc (default-cli) @ oodt-commons —
[INFO] The goal 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin:2.7:javadoc' has not be previously called for the project: 'org.apache.oodt:cas-cli:jar:0.6-SNAPSHOT'. Trying to invoke it...
[ERROR] MavenInvocationException: Error when invoking Maven, consult the invoker log file: /usr/local/src/oodt-t/commons/target/invoker/maven-javadoc-plugin1673025036.txt

After the Javadocs have all been built individually, everything's fine, but the first time around it gets stuck if invoked from the top-level directory. It's a known problem with the maven-javadoc-plugin (I think covered by several Codehaus JIRA issues, e.g. MJAVADOC-275 and MJAVADOC-276). It seems to have been fixed from v2.8 onwards, so perhaps we could use the latest version (v2.9).