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Tim Pizey commented on MNG-5047: -------------------------------- I added an scm element and got an error which told me I am not allowed to do what I want to do: [ERROR] Invalid packaging for parent POM org.atombeat:atombeat-integration-tests:0.2-alpha-10-SNAPSHOT, must be "pom" but is "jar" @ org.atombeat:atombeat-integration-tests:0.2-alpha-10-SNAPSHOT I would have expected to be able to extend a "jar" pom, so as to override a property for example. > Child of child without scm causes NPE > ------------------------------------- > > Key: MNG-5047 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5047 > Project: Maven 2 & 3 > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Inheritance and Interpolation > Affects Versions: 3.0 > Environment: mvn -v > Apache Maven 3.0-alpha-7 (r921173; 2010-03-09 22:31:07+0000) > Java version: 1.6.0_24 > Java home: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.24/jre > Default locale: en_GB, platform encoding: UTF-8 > OS name: "linux" version: "2.6.32-30-generic" arch: "amd64" Family: "unix" > Reporter: Tim Pizey > Priority: Minor > Attachments: debug.log > > > A grandchild pom, ie a pom with a parent with a parent throws an NPE. > The NPE seems to be due to an assumption that the SCM will be present. -- 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