[SLING-2771] mvn validate doesn't work if local Maven repo is empty

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: General
• Environment: macosx with java version "1.6.0_37" and Apache Maven 3.0.5
• Assignee: Bertrand Delacretaz
• Reporter: Bertrand Delacretaz
• Created: 04/Mar/13 15:32
• Updated: 04/Mar/13 15:53
• Resolved: 04/Mar/13 15:50

Description

The workaround is to build launchpad/base first, and the cause seems to be https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-1911

$ cd sling
$ mv $HOME/.m2/repository/org/apache/sling /tmp/keep-it-somewhere
$ mvn validate

INFO] Scanning for projects...
[WARNING] The POM for org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.launchpad.base:jar:2.5.1-SNAPSHOT is missing, no dependency information available
[WARNING] The POM for org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.launchpad.base:jar:app:2.5.1-SNAPSHOT is missing, no dependency information available
[ERROR] The build could not read 1 project -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] The project org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.launchpad.testing:7-SNAPSHOT (/Users/bert/workspace/apache/sling/launchpad/testing/pom.xml) has 1 error
[ERROR] Unresolveable build extension: Plugin org.apache.sling:maven-launchpad-plugin:2.1.2 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: The following artifacts could not be resolved: org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.launchpad.base:jar:2.5.1-SNAPSHOT, org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.launchpad.base:jar:app:2.5.1-SNAPSHOT...

Issue Links

• relates to: SLING-2770 Building Launchpad from trunk fails due to unresolvable SNAPSHOT dependencies