Thanks, that's very interesting. I'll try it out tomorrow. --Marilyn -----Original Message----- From: Kalle Korhonen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 9:41 PM To: Maven Users List Subject: Re: Formation rules for repositories
This won't get you any further in finding the missing documentation, but couldn't you just use the assembly plugin to create the repository ( http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/howto.html)? Kalle On 2/21/07, Marilyn Sander -X (marilysa - Digital-X, Inc. at Cisco) < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there a definition someplace of what constitutes a valid repository? > I would like the definition both for local repositories and for remote > repositories. I've read and searched BBwM; read the docs in the > "Maven Getting Started Guide" on the Maven web site, as well as other > docs on that site. I've google searched for documentation. The best I've found > is one that I can't seem to find again. It was an early spec for what > M2 repository data should look like, very good as far as it went, but > not complete. I need the formation rules and the semantics. > > I'm trying to create a file:// repository. I've tried a variety of > approaches trying to be clever and only populate it with what our > build needs. Then I tried brute force, simply copying over the > contents of a maven proxy repository here into the location where I > want the file repository. In any case, a build does not get far > before getting the message "The plugin > 'org.apache.maven.pluging:maven-clean-plugin' does not exist or no valid version could be found". > > The odd thing is, it does get part way into the build, finding and > selecting versions for runtime. However, I think the jars and > versions being selected are actually the ones in $M2_HOME/lib. > > I did run cp -r -p to preserve permissions and dates and stuff, but I > did not do a tar or cpio copy. > > Can anyone help? > > thanks, > --Marilyn Sander > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
