[WW-3738] Struts2 Maven Archetypes are broken

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.1
• Fix Version/s: 2.3.3
• Component/s: Example Applications
• Labels: archetype
• Assignee: Johannes Geppert
• Reporter: Johannes Geppert
• Created: 05/Jan/12 13:20
• Updated: 14/Apr/12 07:15
• Resolved: 16/Feb/12 11:31

Description

The generated archetype jars are missing some importend files like the META-INF/archetype.xml.

mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.struts -DarchetypeArtifactId=struts2-archetype-portlet -DarchetypeVersion=2.3.1.1 -DartifactId=bookmark-portlet -DarchetypeCatalog=http://struts.apache.org/

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
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[INFO] Building Maven Stub Project (No POM) 1
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[INFO]
[INFO] >>> maven-archetype-plugin:2.0:generate (default-cli) @ standalone-pom >>>
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[INFO] <<< maven-archetype-plugin:2.0:generate (default-cli) @ standalone-pom <<<
[INFO]
[INFO] — maven-archetype-plugin:2.0:generate (default-cli) @ standalone-pom —
[INFO] Generating project in Interactive mode
[INFO] Archetype repository missing. Using the one from [org.apache.struts:struts2-archetype-portlet:2.3.1 -> http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/] found in catalog http://struts.apache.org/
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/struts/struts2-archetype-portlet/2.3.1/struts2-archetype-portlet-2.3.1.jar
Downloaded: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/struts/struts2-archetype-portlet/2.3.1/struts2-archetype-portlet-2.3.1.jar (8 KB at 15.6 KB/sec)
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/struts/struts2-archetype-portlet/2.3.1/struts2-archetype-portlet-2.3.1.pom
Downloaded: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/struts/struts2-archetype-portlet/2.3.1/struts2-archetype-portlet-2.3.1.pom (3 KB at 5.0 KB/sec)
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[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
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[INFO] Total time: 4.032s
[INFO] Finished at: Wed Jan 04 13:26:49 CET 2012
[INFO] Final Memory: 6M/61M
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[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:2.0:generate (default-cli) on project standalone-pom: The defined artifact is not an archetype -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureException

See Mailing-List Thread:
http://struts.1045723.n5.nabble.com/Create-struts2-portlet-webapp-from-archetype-td5119466.html