dir format will fail with an error because it can not install the directory into the repository -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key: MASSEMBLY-119 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MASSEMBLY-119 Project: Maven 2.x Assembly Plugin Type: Bug Versions: 2.1 Reporter: Baerrach bonDierne See the discussion on MASSEMBLY-39 which originally created the dir format. I believe the dir format should never be added to the repository as it's only purpose is to ease the development process by providing an un-archived version ready for testing on disk. The workaround is to manually extract the archive, or to create a second duplicate descriptor and use that to create the directory version (do not bind this second one to the package phase) Will attach example project shortly. The error received is: [INFO] [install:install] [INFO] Installing <path>\target\<artifactId>-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar to <repo>\.m2\repository\<groupId>\<artifactId>\0.0.1-SNAPSHOT\<artifactId>-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar [INFO] Installing <path>\target\<artifactId>-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-bin.dir to <repo>\.m2\repository\<groupId>\<artifactId>\0.0.1-SNAPSHOT\<artifactId>-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-bin.dir [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] BUILD ERROR [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Error installing artifact: <path>\target\<artifactId>-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-bin.dir (Acc ess is denied) When I run with -X the root cause error is: Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: <path>\target\<artifactId>-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-bin. dir (Access is denied) at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method) at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:106) at org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils.copyFile(FileUtils.java:820) at org.apache.maven.artifact.installer.DefaultArtifactInstaller.install(DefaultArtifactInstaller.java:70) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira