Use the dependency plugin to unpack the tomcat distribution, then selectively include files in the assembly descriptor that you want to reuse.
Cheers, Brett 2008/8/23 Beyer,Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm using the assembly plugin to generate a few archives for distribution. > I'd like to be able to download an existing archive (zip, tar.gz) and extract > some of its contents and then include it in an assembly. Does anyone have > suggestions on how to go about this? > > For example, download a tomcat distribution, extract the contents, remove all > existing files/dirs in 'webapps' and then add a war file and create an > assembly of the results. > > I suspect that I'm getting beyond the boundaries of Maven and should just > move to creating Ant scripts for these application distributions. > > Thanks. > > -Nathan > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This message and any included attachments are from > Cerner Corporation and are intended only for the addressee. The information > contained in this message is confidential and may constitute inside or > non-public information under international, federal, or state securities > laws. Unauthorized forwarding, printing, copying, distribution, or use of > such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not > the addressee, please promptly delete this message and notify the sender of > the delivery error by e-mail or you may call Cerner's corporate offices in > Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A at (+1) (816)221-1024. > -- Brett Porter Blog: http://blogs.exist.com/bporter/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
