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Hudson commented on MNG-3372: ----------------------------- Build unstable in Jenkins: Maven TLP » maven » MNG-6169/MNG-6551 #6 See https://builds.apache.org/job/maven-box/job/maven/job/MNG-6169%252FMNG-6551/6/ > dependency:tree throws exception > -------------------------------- > > Key: MNG-3372 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-3372 > Project: Maven > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Artifacts and Repositories > Affects Versions: 2.0.8 > Reporter: Simon Kitching > Assignee: Brian Fox > Priority: Major > Attachments: pom.xml > > > Running > mvn -Papache > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:2.0-alpha-5-SNAPSHOT:tree > on a pom containing the following entry throws an exception, unless an > exclusion is applied as shown below. > <dependency> > <groupId>jasperreports</groupId> > <artifactId>jasperreports</artifactId> > <version>2.0.0</version> > <scope>compile</scope> > <exclusions> > <!-- This exclusion needed to avoid crash in > dependency:tree version 2.0-alpha-5-SNAPSHOT --> > <exclusion> > <groupId>commons-digester</groupId> > > <artifactId>commons-digester</artifactId> > </exclusion> > <exclusion> > <groupId>xml-apis</groupId> > <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId> > </exclusion> > <exclusion> > <groupId>eclipse</groupId> > <artifactId>jdtcore</artifactId> > </exclusion> > </exclusions> > </dependency> > <dependency> > <groupId>commons-digester</groupId> > <artifactId>commons-digester</artifactId> > <version>1.8</version> > <scope>compile</scope> > </dependency> > Exception: > [ERROR] FATAL ERROR > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] version was null for commons-digester:commons-digester > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] Trace > java.lang.NullPointerException: version was null for > commons-digester:commons-digester > at > org.apache.maven.artifact.DefaultArtifact.getBaseVersion(DefaultArtifact.java:362) > at > org.apache.maven.artifact.DefaultArtifact.getId(DefaultArtifact.java:225) > at > org.apache.maven.shared.dependency.tree.DependencyTreeResolutionListener.flushDependencyManagement(DependencyTreeResolutionListener.java:524) > at > org.apache.maven.shared.dependency.tree.DependencyTreeResolutionListener.omitForNearer(DependencyTreeResolutionListener.java:209) > at > org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactCollector.fireEvent(DefaultArtifactCollector.java:487) > at > org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactCollector.fireEvent(DefaultArtifactCollector.java:462) > at > org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactCollector.recurse(DefaultArtifactCollector.java:234) > at > org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactCollector.recurse(DefaultArtifactCollector.java:370) > at > org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactCollector.recurse(DefaultArtifactCollector.java:370) > at > org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactCollector.collect(DefaultArtifactCollector.java:76) > at > org.apache.maven.shared.dependency.tree.DefaultDependencyTreeBuilder.buildDependencyTree(DefaultDependencyTreeBuilder.java:102) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.dependency.TreeMojo.execute(TreeMojo.java:218) > My uneducated guess is that for that particular version of the dependency, > neither the dependency's pom nor any parent pom defines a version for > commons-digester. > PS: dependency:tree rocks! -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)