> -----Original Message----- > From: Laird Nelson [mailto:ljnel...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 3:36 PM > To: Maven Users List <users@maven.apache.org> > Subject: Re: How does the jar plugin produce a "*-tests.jar" when I > don't specify that? > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 3:19 PM KARR, DAVID <dk0...@att.com> wrote: > > > The POM for "artifact1" has two dependencies on "artifact2". One is > > the "default" artifact, and another is a jar artifact that is only > > used for unit tests. > > > > …and that's the issue. See > https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-jar-plugin/test-jar-mojo.html; > note in particular the "classifier" property ( > https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-jar-plugin/test-jar- > mojo.html#classifier > ). > > Some other information is here: > https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-attached-tests.html
Ok, thanks. That explains why I get "*-tests.jar". I still need to understand why that other developer is not getting that jar generated. More debugging to do.