Seems like this is something that could be made configurable (defaulting to current behavior) to better handle your use case. Submit a bug in JIRA, and perhaps even include a patch.
Wayne On 9/26/07, David Avant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I had the same problem. Looks like this is just what the downloading process > does. Check out: > > http://maven.apache.org/wagon/wagon-providers/wagon-http/xref/org/apache/maven/wagon/providers/http/HttpWagon.html#378 > > If the "content-encoding" of the dependency is gzip, then the http client > that does the downloading unzips it in transit. Wonderful. > > > > Anders Blehr wrote: > > > > List, > > > > I have a gzipped tarball type artifact (<packaging>tar.gz</packaging>) in > > my > > repository and a dependency to it (with <type>tar.gz</type>) in my POM. > > All > > I want is for the dependency to be resolved and the artifact to be copied > > to > > my local repository so that I can copy it out to where it really should > > go. > > However, the resolved artifact that ended up in my local repository was > > 'not > > in gzip format' according to gzip/tar. > > > > After lengthy investigations I have found out that Maven somehow (and for > > some as yet unknown reason) *unpacks* the tarball before/during dependency > > resolution. I.e., the resolved artifact in my local repository is no > > longer > > a .tar.gz, just a .tar (Maven doesn't touch the .tar.gz extension/type, > > though). > > > > The same happens if I specify the packaging type as tgz or just gz. If I > > use zip, though, it does not unpack. > > > > Does anyone know why this is, and whether this behaviour is by design or > > not? Is it possible to turn off the unpacking!? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > - Anders. > > > > Anders Blehr > > Senior Solutions Architect > > FAST > > Torggata 2-4-6 > > N-0181 Oslo, Norway > > www.fastsearch.com > > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Artifact-with-type-tar.gz-%28or-tgz-or-gz%29-unpacked-during-dependency-resolution%3A-Why--tf4486660s177.html#a12907949 > Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
