Referencing a path already defined as Maven property in <environmentVariables>, creates a bad path --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key: SUREFIRE-626 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SUREFIRE-626 Project: Maven Surefire Issue Type: Bug Components: Maven Surefire Plugin Affects Versions: 2.5 Environment: Windows XP SP3 Reporter: Alessandro Dionisi I have this profile specified in my pom.xml: {code:xml} <profile> <id>test</id> <properties> <auditing.home>${basedir}/configs/test</auditing.home> </properties> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.4.2</version> <configuration> <environmentVariables> <auditing.home>${auditing.home}</auditing.home> </environmentVariables> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </profile> {code} This configuration generates a bad path on windows (and an exception while loading a file): Could not load properties; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: \V\:\DebugWorkspace\AuditingWebService\AuditingWebService-webapp\configs\test\hibernate.properties (The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect) instead of the correct: V:\DebugWorkspace\AuditingWebService\AuditingWebService-webapp\configs\test\hibernate.properties I tried with (with ${auditing.home2} insteand ${auditing.home}) {code:xml} <profile> <id>test</id> <properties> <auditing.home2>${basedir}/configs/test</auditing.home> </properties> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.4.2</version> <configuration> <environmentVariables> <auditing.home>${auditing.home2}</auditing.home> </environmentVariables> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </profile> {code} and it works correctly. -- 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