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Falko Modler commented on MENFORCER-314: ---------------------------------------- After running some weeks with a custom build of the plugin incorporating PR #44, the problem finally struck and the output now reveals the underlying cause: {noformat} 11:13:47 [WARNING] Rule 4: org.apache.maven.plugins.enforcer.DependencyConvergence failed with message: 11:13:47 org.apache.maven.enforcer.rule.api.EnforcerRuleException 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.plugins.enforcer.DependencyConvergence.execute(DependencyConvergence.java:132) 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.plugins.enforcer.EnforceMojo.execute(EnforceMojo.java:204) 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:134) 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:207) 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153) 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145) 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:116) 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.multithreaded.MultiThreadedBuilder$1.call(MultiThreadedBuilder.java:185) 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.multithreaded.MultiThreadedBuilder$1.call(MultiThreadedBuilder.java:181) 11:13:47 at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) 11:13:47 at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) 11:13:47 at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) 11:13:47 at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) 11:13:47 at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) 11:13:47 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) 11:13:47 Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException 11:13:47 at java.util.Hashtable.put(Hashtable.java:460) 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.properties.internal.SystemProperties.addSystemProperties(SystemProperties.java:38) 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.project.artifact.MavenMetadataSource.getSystemProperties(MavenMetadataSource.java:756) 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.project.artifact.MavenMetadataSource.retrieveRelocatedProject(MavenMetadataSource.java:574) 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.project.artifact.MavenMetadataSource.retrieve(MavenMetadataSource.java:190) 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.repository.legacy.resolver.DefaultLegacyArtifactCollector.recurse(DefaultLegacyArtifactCollector.java:532) 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.repository.legacy.resolver.DefaultLegacyArtifactCollector.recurse(DefaultLegacyArtifactCollector.java:584) 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.repository.legacy.resolver.DefaultLegacyArtifactCollector.recurse(DefaultLegacyArtifactCollector.java:584) 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.repository.legacy.resolver.DefaultLegacyArtifactCollector.recurse(DefaultLegacyArtifactCollector.java:584) 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.repository.legacy.resolver.DefaultLegacyArtifactCollector.recurse(DefaultLegacyArtifactCollector.java:584) 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.repository.legacy.resolver.DefaultLegacyArtifactCollector.recurse(DefaultLegacyArtifactCollector.java:584) 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.repository.legacy.resolver.DefaultLegacyArtifactCollector.collect(DefaultLegacyArtifactCollector.java:144) 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.repository.legacy.resolver.DefaultLegacyArtifactCollector.collect(DefaultLegacyArtifactCollector.java:100) 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.repository.legacy.resolver.DefaultLegacyArtifactCollector.collect(DefaultLegacyArtifactCollector.java:782) 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.shared.dependency.tree.DefaultDependencyTreeBuilder.buildDependencyTree(DefaultDependencyTreeBuilder.java:118) 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.plugins.enforcer.DependencyConvergence.getNode(DependencyConvergence.java:86) 11:13:47 at org.apache.maven.plugins.enforcer.DependencyConvergence.execute(DependencyConvergence.java:114) 11:13:47 ... 14 more {noformat} So in this case it was MNG-6105 (we are still on Maven 3.3.9). > DependencyConvergence fails sporadically with a null message > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: MENFORCER-314 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MENFORCER-314 > Project: Maven Enforcer Plugin > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Standard Rules > Affects Versions: 1.4.1, 3.0.0-M1 > Environment: Apache Maven 3.3.9 > (bb52d8502b132ec0a5a3f4c09453c07478323dc5; 2015-11-10T17:41:47+01:00) > Java version: 1.8.0_162, vendor: Oracle Corporation > Reporter: Falko Modler > Priority: Major > Fix For: 3.0.0 > > > Our Jenkins builds fail sporadically without providing a message: > {noformat} > 17:08:28 [WARNING] Rule 4: > org.apache.maven.plugins.enforcer.DependencyConvergence failed with message: > 17:08:28 null > {noformat} > Looking at the code, I suspect that this can happen [on line 132 of the > rule|https://github.com/apache/maven-enforcer/blob/enforcer-3.0.0-M2/enforcer-rules/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/enforcer/DependencyConvergence.java#L132] > when some underlying exception is caught which itself does not provide a > (localized) message. > As the plugin [does not include the > cause|https://github.com/apache/maven-enforcer/blob/enforcer-3.0.0-M2/maven-enforcer-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/enforcer/EnforceMojo.java#L212] > (unless {{failFast}} is set), you will just see a null message. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)