It looks like this issue : http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-2433 It is supposed to have been corrected with Maven 2.0.6, but I still have the problem with Maven 2.0.8 and it happened to me when doing a demonstration with no internet connection, not funny at all. This issue has to be reopened !
2008/9/5 Francis Yuen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi, > I have a project A that depends on an artifact X which is a SNAPSHOT. > Artifact X uses a parent pom X1 which uses a parent pom X2. Both X1 and X2 > are SNAPSHOTs. Artifact X, X1 and X2 are available from a remote > repository > R. > > In the pom of project A, I included repository R by defining its id, name > and url. Artifacts X, X1 and X2 were brought in to my local repository by > running mvn install on the project pom. I want to be able to stop Maven > from getting updates on artifact X. On a new day, if I run mvn install in > offline mode, the build fails. After I build the project in online mode, > subsequent builds on the same day can be run in offline mode. I did a > couple of tests: > > Test 1. > I advanced the date to a day later than today and then ran "mvn -o -e > install". The build failed and the error was that X was missing. The > error > messages suggested to download X manually from the project site and then > install it using mvn install:install. > > Test 2. > In the pom of project A, I added > <snapshots><updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy></snapshots> to respository > section of R. I advanced the date to a day later and then ran "mvn -o -e > install". The build failed. The message thrown by > org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactResolutionException indicated > that it was unable to read the metadata file for artifact X: Cannot find > parent X2 for X1 for X. > > It looks like that in Test 1, Maven did not see X to be in my local > repository. In Test 2, by introducing repository snapshot never update > policy in the project pom, Maven seems to see X and X1 but not X2. > > I am fairly new to Maven. Can someone tell me how to stop Maven to look > for > updates on snapshots (or its parent pom)? >
