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Benjamin Bentmann commented on MNG-4065: ---------------------------------------- We already improved the error message in later Maven versions (see linked issues) so you might give those a try. > Unable to download the artifact from any repository > --------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MNG-4065 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-4065 > Project: Maven 2 > Issue Type: Improvement > Affects Versions: 2.0.9 > Environment: windows XP SP3 > Reporter: Martin Trummer > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Brian E. Fox [mailto:bri...@reply.infinity.nu] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 04. März 2009 16:11 > An: Martin Trummer > Betreff: RE: Unable to download the artifact from any repository > Please file a jira request or this will get lost. > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Trummer [mailto:martin.trum...@24act.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 9:04 AM > To: us...@maven.apache.org > Subject: Unable to download the artifact from any repository > hi, > we just ran into an issue where maven suddenly did not work on a computer and > the build failed with messages like: > >Reason: Unable to download the artifact from any repository > it took us quite a while to find out that downloading succeeded, but the real > problem was, that maven failed to write to the local repository in our case > the local repository resides somewhere on the C: drive, but the directory is > mapped to a virtual drive (using the windows SUBST > command) - the developer just forgot to mount this virtual dirve at startup - > which lead to the problem described above. > I think maven should improve the errormessage in this case > maybe this post will help someone else: > or even myself, because by next week I'll aready have forgotten about this > again :) > cheers, > martin > -- > This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean. > Click here to report this message as spam. > http://h0stname/cgi-bin/learn-msg.cgi?id=45AE027ED0.52C67 -- 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