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Tom Nichols commented on MASSEMBLY-248: --------------------------------------- I just ran into this issue as well. To reproduce: {code} $ svn co -r 782 http://svn.codehaus.org/gmod/httpbuilder/trunk http-builder $ cd http-builder {code} Edit pom.xml line 84, change the scope to 'provided' (this should be the 'xercesImpl' dependency with a specified version range). {code} $ mvn assembly:assembly -Dmaven.test.skip=true .... [INFO] [assembly:attached {execution: default}] [INFO] Reading assembly descriptor: src/main/assembly/all.xml [INFO] Processing DependencySet (output=target/dependencies) [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] FATAL ERROR [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] version was null for xerces:xercesImpl [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Trace java.lang.NullPointerException: version was null for xerces:xercesImpl at org.apache.maven.artifact.DefaultArtifact.getBaseVersion(DefaultArtifact.java:382) at org.apache.maven.artifact.DefaultArtifact.getId(DefaultArtifact.java:226) at org.apache.maven.shared.artifact.filter.ScopeArtifactFilter.include(ScopeArtifactFilter.java:142) at org.apache.maven.project.artifact.MavenMetadataSource.createArtifacts(MavenMetadataSource.java:455) at org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.artifact.DefaultDependencyResolver.resolveDependencies(DefaultDependencyResolver.java:123) at org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.archive.task.AddDependencySetsTask.resolveDependencyArtifacts(AddDependencySetsTask.java:205) at org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.archive.task.AddDependencySetsTask.addDependencySet(AddDependencySetsTask.java:132) at org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.archive.task.AddDependencySetsTask.execute(AddDependencySetsTask.java:116) at org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.archive.phase.DependencySetAssemblyPhase.execute(DependencySetAssemblyPhase.java:74) at org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.archive.DefaultAssemblyArchiver.createArchive(DefaultAssemblyArchiver.java:129) at org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.mojos.AbstractAssemblyMojo.execute(AbstractAssemblyMojo.java:322) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:483) .... {code} As a work-around, I've marked the dependency as 'optional' but if that tag is removed the behavior is the same. > version was null for junit:junit > -------------------------------- > > Key: MASSEMBLY-248 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MASSEMBLY-248 > Project: Maven 2.x Assembly Plugin > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 2.2-beta-1 > Reporter: Danilo Eiji Seki > > Another report for MASSEMBLY-214, but I will try to be more specific. > The stack trace is the same (included below just for easy reference), but > this is the project configuration: > - Grand parent project with a dependency *management* to junit:junit:4.4 with > scope test. > {panel} > [INFO] [assembly:attached {execution: make-assembly}] > [INFO] Processing DependencySet (output=null) > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [ERROR] FATAL ERROR > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] version was null for junit:junit > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] Trace > java.lang.NullPointerException: version was null for junit:junit > at > org.apache.maven.artifact.DefaultArtifact.getBaseVersion(DefaultArtifact.java:364) > at > org.apache.maven.artifact.DefaultArtifact.getId(DefaultArtifact.java:225) > at > org.apache.maven.shared.artifact.filter.ScopeArtifactFilter.include(ScopeArtifactFilter.java:142) > at > org.apache.maven.project.artifact.MavenMetadataSource.createArtifacts(MavenMetadataSource.java:345) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.artifact.DefaultDependencyResolver.resolveDependencies(DefaultDependencyResolver.java:82) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.archive.task.AddDependencySetsTask.resolveDependencyArtifacts(AddDependencySetsTask.java:155) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.archive.task.AddDependencySetsTask.addDependencySet(AddDependencySetsTask.java:100) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.archive.task.AddDependencySetsTask.execute(AddDependencySetsTask.java:90) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.archive.phase.DependencySetAssemblyPhase.execute(DependencySetAssemblyPhase.java:54) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.archive.DefaultAssemblyArchiver.createArchive(DefaultAssemblyArchiver.java:98) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.mojos.AbstractAssemblyMojo.execute(AbstractAssemblyMojo.java:278) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:443) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:539) > 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:334) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:125) > at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:280) > 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) > {panel} > - Grand parent project with plugin *management* configuring the assembly > plugin: > {code:xml} > <plugin> > <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId> > <configuration> > <descriptorSourceDirectory>src/assembly</descriptorSourceDirectory> > </configuration> > <executions> > <execution> > <id>make-assembly</id> > <phase>package</phase> > <goals> > <goal>attached</goal> > </goals> > </execution> > </executions> > </plugin> > {code} > - Project POM references the junit dependency and assembly plugin: > {code:xml} > <dependencies> > <dependency> > <groupId>junit</groupId> > <artifactId>junit</artifactId> > <version>4.4</version> > </dependency> > </dependencies> > <build> > <plugins> > <plugin> > <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId> > </plugin> > </plugins> > </build> > {code} > By grand parent project I mean that the modules has a parent and the parent > project also has a parent, but just the direct parent lists the project as > module. > I "resolved" this by specifing the junit dependecy version for 4.4, but that > is not quite right. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - 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