Using <addClasspath> when you have no dependencies fails with FileNotFoundException -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key: MJAR-97 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MJAR-97 Project: Maven 2.x Jar Plugin Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 2.2 Environment: Maven version: 2.0.8 Java version: 1.6.0_01 OS name: "windows xp" version: "5.1" arch: "x86" Family: "windows" Reporter: Wim Deblauwe When you have no dependencies in your project and configure <addClasspath>true</addClasspath> for the jar plugin, then maven exits with a strange error message: {noformat} Embedded error: Problem creating jar: C:\personal\mytool\target\classes (Access is denied) {noformat} If I run with -e, you can see that the classes directory is trying to be opened like it is a file: {noformat} [INFO] Trace org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Error assembling JAR at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:564) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalWithLifecycle(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:480) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:459) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:311) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:278) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:143) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:333) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:126) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:282) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375) Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException: Error assembling JAR at org.apache.maven.plugin.jar.AbstractJarMojo.createArchive(AbstractJarMojo.java:225) at org.apache.maven.plugin.jar.AbstractJarMojo.execute(AbstractJarMojo.java:237) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:447) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:539) ... 16 more Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.ArchiverException: Problem creating jar: C:\personal\mytool\target\classes (Access is denied) at org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.AbstractArchiver.createArchive(AbstractArchiver.java:690) at org.apache.maven.archiver.MavenArchiver.createArchive(MavenArchiver.java:421) at org.apache.maven.plugin.jar.AbstractJarMojo.createArchive(AbstractJarMojo.java:218) ... 19 more Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\personal\mytool\target\classes (Access is denied) at java.io.RandomAccessFile.open(Native Method) at java.io.RandomAccessFile.<init>(RandomAccessFile.java:212) at org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:147) at org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:132) at org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.jar.JarArchiver.grabFilesAndDirs(JarArchiver.java:922) at org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.jar.JarArchiver.createIndexList(JarArchiver.java:499) at org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.jar.JarArchiver.finalizeZipOutputStream(JarArchiver.java:422) at org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.zip.AbstractZipArchiver.execute(AbstractZipArchiver.java:245) at org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.AbstractArchiver.createArchive(AbstractArchiver.java:673) ... 21 more {noformat} The workaround it to remove the <addClasspath/> thing ofcourse, but maven should give a better error message to avoid that people spend an hour searching for processes that keep the directory busy, when there is really a configuration problem. -- 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