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John Casey commented on MASSEMBLY-500: -------------------------------------- Please attach an example project that displays this problem. I've used <files/> on many occasions without a problem, going back several versions. I'd like to know what version of the plugin you're using, too. > Embedded error: Unrecognised tag: 'files' (position: START_TAG seen > ...</includeBaseDirectory>\n\n\n<files>... @9:8) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MASSEMBLY-500 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MASSEMBLY-500 > Project: Maven 2.x Assembly Plugin > Issue Type: Bug > Reporter: Dayashankar > Attachments: assembly.xml > > > Hi team, > I'm using attached assembly.xml file and while doing mvn assembly:assembly is > resulting in following error: > [INFO] Error reading descriptor > Embedded error: Unrecognised tag: 'files' (position: START_TAG seen > ...</includeBaseDirectory>\n\n\n<files>... @9:8) > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] Trace > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Error reading > descriptor > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:719) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeStandaloneGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:569) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:539) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:387) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:284) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:180) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:328) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:138) > at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:362) > at > org.apache.maven.cli.compat.CompatibleMain.main(CompatibleMain.java:60) > 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 reading > descriptor > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.AssemblyMojo.readAssembly(AssemblyMojo.java:238) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.AssemblyMojo.execute(AssemblyMojo.java:144) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:490) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:694) > ... 17 more > Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.XmlPullParserException: > Unrecognised tag: 'files' (position: START_TAG seen > ...</includeBaseDirectory>\n\n\n<files>... @9:8) > at > org.apache.maven.plugins.assembly.model.io.xpp3.AssemblyXpp3Reader.parseAssembly(AssemblyXpp3Reader.java:371) > at > org.apache.maven.plugins.assembly.model.io.xpp3.AssemblyXpp3Reader.read(AssemblyXpp3Reader.java:982) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.AssemblyMojo.readAssembly(AssemblyMojo.java:230) -- 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