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Luigi Berrettini commented on MPMD-303: --------------------------------------- {quote}Only when you run {{mvn pmd:pmd}} directly, your configuration is not applied - that's because, in that case, the reporting configuration is not used and you need to configure the m-pmd-p under {{<build>/<plugins>}} as a build plugin in addition to the reporting plugin. See also [http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-configuring-plugins.html] {quote} I did read the Maven guide and [it says|[http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-configuring-plugins.html#using-the-reporting-tag-vs-build-tag]]: {{mvn aplugin:areportgoal}} It uses *firstly* the parameters defined in the <configuration> element of each reporting Plugin specified in the <reporting> element; *if a parameter is not found*, it will look up to a parameter defined in the <configuration> element of each plugin specified in <build> > Configuration is ignored > ------------------------ > > Key: MPMD-303 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPMD-303 > Project: Maven PMD Plugin > Issue Type: Bug > Components: PMD > Affects Versions: 3.13.0 > Reporter: Luigi Berrettini > Priority: Critical > Attachments: poc-mvn-pmd-plugin.zip > > > I configured the reporting plugin this way: > {noformat} > <plugin> > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> > <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId> > <version>3.13.0</version> > <configuration> > <rulesets> > <ruleset>/category/java/bestpractices.xml</ruleset> > <ruleset>/category/java/errorprone.xml</ruleset> > <ruleset>/category/java/security.xml</ruleset> > <ruleset>/category/java/performance.xml</ruleset> > <ruleset>/category/java/multithreading.xml</ruleset> > <ruleset>/category/java/design.xml</ruleset> > <ruleset>/category/java/codestyle.xml</ruleset> > <ruleset>/category/java/documentation.xml</ruleset> > </rulesets> > <includeTests>true</includeTests> > <failurePriority>1</failurePriority> > <minimumPriority>1</minimumPriority> > <verbose>true</verbose> > <showPmdLog>true</showPmdLog> > <printFailingErrors>true</printFailingErrors> > <failOnViolation>false</failOnViolation> > <skip>false</skip> > <skipEmptyReport>false</skipEmptyReport> > </configuration> > </plugin>{noformat} > > When I run *_mvn site_* or *_mvn pmd:pmd_* no output is display on the > console and the default ruleset is used since only > *_target\pmd\rulesets\maven-pmd-plugin-default.xml_* is generated. > Looking at the code on GitHub I see the repo contains only the default > ruleset. > > Moreover the build plugin configuration does not support rulesets which would > be a nice to have. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)