I know it's a little late, but I haven't seen an answer yet.... So here's my
solution:
Use a variable for the path (e.g. ${calendarJarPath}) and define 2 profiles
that are activated on 'os'. Then in those profiles you can define the correct
pahts on both systems.
Or, in case the paths differ per machine (like in my company), you don't
define profiles and expect the user to supply it at the commandline
(mvn -DcalendarJarPath=locationOfJar).
But I strongly suggest adding these JARs to a repository in your company and
not using the systemPath. The only JARs that, imo, should have the systemPath
are JDK/JRE.
On Thursday 30 August 2007 00:31, Andy Dingfelder wrote:
> I have a pom that works on windows, but does not work if I use it on Linux
> because the paths are different, such as:
>
> <dependency>
> <groupId>com.toedter</groupId>
> <artifactId>jcalendar</artifactId>
> <version>1.2.2</version>
> <scope>system</scope>
> <systemPath>
> C:/projects/java.3rdParty/jars/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar
> </systemPath>
> </dependency>
>
> is there any way to use an environment variable for the start of the path
> or some other solution?
>
> on Linux the path would be
>
> <systemPath>
> /home/myname/workspace/java.3rdParty/jars/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar
> </systemPath>
>
> I asked on the eclipse maven list and got this advice:
> > Andy,
> > check out what it says on the maven website:
> >
> > systemPath : is used only if the dependency scope is system .
> > Otherwise, the build will fail if this element is set. The path must be
> > absolute, so it is recommended to use a property to specify the
> > machine-specific path (more on properties below), such as
> > $java.home/lib . ........
> >
> > http://maven.apache.org/pom.html#Properties
>
> I tried doing this and am getting the following error (below)
>
> Perhaps the settings.xml file is not getting processed correctly?
>
> How can I debug if the environment variable I am setting is getting read in
> correctly?
>
> my settings.xml is /home/dingfelder/.m2/settings.xml and contains:
>
> <settings>
> <profiles>
> <profile>
> <id>default</id>
> <activation>
> <activeByDefault/>
> </activation>
> <properties>
>
> <java-third-party.home>/home/dingfelder/workspace/java.3rdparty/jars/</java
>-third-party.home> </properties>
> </profile>
> </profiles>
> </settings>
>
> the error is:
>
> [DEBUG] Building Maven user-level plugin registry from:
> '/home/dingfelder/.m2/plugin-registry.xml' [DEBUG] Building Maven
> user-level plugin registry from: '/home/dingfelder/.m2/plugin-registry.xml'
> [INFO] Scanning for projects...
> [ERROR] reactor-execute : /home/dingfelder/workspace/java.common
> Diagnosis: Failed to validate POM
> FATAL ERROR: Error executing Maven for a project
> [INFO]
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [ERROR] BUILD ERROR
> [INFO]
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [INFO] Error building POM (may not be this project's POM).
>
> Project ID: com.sirtrack:common_java
> POM Location: /home/dingfelder/workspace/java.common/pom.xml
> Validation Messages:
>
> [0] For dependency Dependency {groupId=com.toedter,
> artifactId=jcalendar, version=1.2.2, type=jar}: system-scoped dependency
> must specify an absolute path systemPath.
>
> Reason: Failed to validate POM
>
> [INFO]
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [DEBUG] Trace Failed to validate POM
> [INFO]
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [INFO] Total time: < 1 second
> [INFO] Finished at: Wed Aug 29 21:55:23 NZST 2007
> [INFO] Final Memory: 1M/4M
> [INFO]
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> java.lang.NullPointerException
> at
> org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.logReactorSummary(DefaultMaven.java:611)
> at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:130)
> at
> org.apache.maven.embedder.MavenEmbedder.execute(MavenEmbedder.java:531)
> at
> org.maven.ide.eclipse.embedder.Maven2Executor.main(Maven2Executor.java:82)
>
>
> thoughts?
>
>
>
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