Thanks for your suggestions Wayne. I found a way to fix the issue. I searched in my local repository under org.apache.maven.plugins... and found that it did not contain a version directory (that should contain the jars etc) - just a couple of xml files describing the artifact etc.
I deleted the directory and behold! It worked! I didn't delete the jars. Maven must have done something with them?? I still think it would be very useful if someone could deterministically document what on earth maven is doing. Wayne Fay wrote: > > Its simply not that straightforward as there are many things you can > configure in various places etc. By default, Maven looks in the > Central repo, but you can override this or set up mirrors etc. > > Try mvn -U -X eclipse:eclipse and if it still fails, copy and paste > the log into pastebin.com and send the link here. > > Wayne > > On 10/26/07, alexworden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> The odd thing is that this was working just fine last week. I didn't >> change >> a thing, and now it's broken. It's not related to being behind a firewall >> since I'm trying it from home, where I don't have a firewall - and it was >> working here last week. >> >> What ports does maven try to connect to the repository on anyway? >> >> Where are the repositories configured? >> >> If I have a local repository configured, will maven also try to look in >> the >> default repositories? >> >> Again - if anyone can explain what maven is doing in order to look-up the >> plugin location, that would be helpful. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Alex >> >> >> alexworden wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > Wayne Fay wrote: >> >> >> >>> The plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-eclipse-plugin' does not >> >>> exist or >> >>> no valid version could be found >> >> >> >> There are several reasons why this will happen. In short, Maven is >> >> unable to find the plugin. For new users, this generally means that >> >> you're behind some kind of Internet proxy and simply have failed to >> >> configure it in your settings.xml as is required. >> >> >> >>> From what I gather, maven should look in: >> >>> http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/eclipse/ but when I browse there, I >> don't >> >>> find >> >>> any versions available. Is there something wrong with the maven >> >>> repository >> >>> right now? very mysterious... >> >> >> >> This is incorrect. The correct url is: >> >> >> http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/ >> >> >> >> Wayne >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/How-does-maven-resolve-plugin-dependencies-tf4694740s177.html#a13432043 >> 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] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-does-maven-resolve-plugin-dependencies-tf4694740s177.html#a13433842 Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
