Author: bentmann Date: Thu May 27 18:19:20 2010 New Revision: 948940 URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=948940&view=rev Log: [MGPG-9] gpg plugin hangs when it should prompt for the secret key passphrase hangs
o Added documentation for possible workaround for what is actually an issue with the Release Plugin Modified: maven/plugins/trunk/maven-gpg-plugin/src/site/apt/usage.apt.vm Modified: maven/plugins/trunk/maven-gpg-plugin/src/site/apt/usage.apt.vm URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/maven/plugins/trunk/maven-gpg-plugin/src/site/apt/usage.apt.vm?rev=948940&r1=948939&r2=948940&view=diff ============================================================================== --- maven/plugins/trunk/maven-gpg-plugin/src/site/apt/usage.apt.vm (original) +++ maven/plugins/trunk/maven-gpg-plugin/src/site/apt/usage.apt.vm Thu May 27 18:19:20 2010 @@ -67,3 +67,13 @@ mvn verify -Dgpg.passphrase=thephrase +----------+ If you don't specify a passphrase, it will prompt for one. + + <Note:> When using the GPG Plugin in combination with the Maven Release Plugin, you might need to specify the passphrase + like this: + ++----------+ +mvn release:perform -Darguments=-Dgpg.passphrase=thephrase ++----------+ + + This accounts for the fact, that the Release Plugin forks Maven and system properties of the current Maven session are + unfortunately not automatically propagated to the forked Maven session (see also {{{http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MGPG-9}MGPG-9}}.