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Rares Pop commented on MRELEASE-573: ------------------------------------ I have figured out the cause. All the modules in the project have the same version (2.3.3-SNAPSHOT) and they depend on each other. Some are maven-plugin type. This causes the exception... My workaround was to split the entire tree into two multi module projects and release them independently. > cannot release a multi-module project with maven3 > ------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MRELEASE-573 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRELEASE-573 > Project: Maven 2.x Release Plugin > Issue Type: Bug > Components: prepare > Affects Versions: 2.0 > Environment: macos, java6, maven3-beta1 > Reporter: Rares Pop > > release:prepare produces the following exception. I am releasing a multi > module project. All modules have the 2.3.3-SNAPSHOT Here is the stack trace: > [ERROR] Failed to execute goal > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin:2.0:prepare (default-cli) on > project master: The version could not be updated: 2.3.3 -> [Help 1] > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute > goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin:2.0:prepare (default-cli) > on project master: The version could not be updated: 2.3.3 > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:137) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:77) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:69) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:82) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:54) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.singleThreadedBuild(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:218) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:190) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:246) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:95) > at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:430) > at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:160) > at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:124) > 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.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:290) > at > org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:230) > at > org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:409) > at > org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:352) > at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:31) > Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException: The version could > not be updated: 2.3.3 > at > org.apache.maven.plugins.release.PrepareReleaseMojo.prepareRelease(PrepareReleaseMojo.java:219) > at > org.apache.maven.plugins.release.PrepareReleaseMojo.execute(PrepareReleaseMojo.java:181) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:105) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:133) > ... 20 more > Caused by: org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException: The > version could not be updated: 2.3.3 > at > org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.AbstractRewritePomsPhase.updateDomVersion(AbstractRewritePomsPhase.java:671) > at > org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.AbstractRewritePomsPhase.rewritePlugins(AbstractRewritePomsPhase.java:456) > at > org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.AbstractRewritePomsPhase.transformDocument(AbstractRewritePomsPhase.java:281) > at > org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.AbstractRewritePomsPhase.transformProject(AbstractRewritePomsPhase.java:208) > at > org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.AbstractRewritePomsPhase.transform(AbstractRewritePomsPhase.java:114) > at > org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.AbstractRewritePomsPhase.execute(AbstractRewritePomsPhase.java:97) > at > org.apache.maven.shared.release.DefaultReleaseManager.prepare(DefaultReleaseManager.java:203) > at > org.apache.maven.shared.release.DefaultReleaseManager.prepare(DefaultReleaseManager.java:140) > at > org.apache.maven.shared.release.DefaultReleaseManager.prepare(DefaultReleaseManager.java:103) > at > org.apache.maven.plugins.release.PrepareReleaseMojo.prepareRelease(PrepareReleaseMojo.java:211) > ... 23 more > [ERROR] -- 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