[jira] Commented: (MNG-2363) does not work in a multi-project build

["Ryan Slobojan (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

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Ryan Slobojan commented on MNG-2363:
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Similar situation, similar result for us. We are trying to only activate a profile on a submodule of a reactor build, and the one-time evaluation makes this impossible.

Has a fix for this issue been implemented or considered? I see that the fix version is currently 2.1, but is that wishful thinking or will this bug actually be addressed in 2.1? We would prefer if it could be addressed in 2.0.5 if possible, in order to get a fix sooner rather than later for this issue.

> <profile><activation><file><exists/> does not work in a multi-project build
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>
>                 Key: MNG-2363
>                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-2363
>             Project: Maven 2
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Profiles
>            Reporter: David Boden
>            Priority: Critical
>             Fix For: 2.1
>
>         Attachments: problemactivation.zip, screenshot-1.jpg
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> I would expect each subproject to have the profile turned on or off depending on whether ${basedir}/file-to-check-for exists.
> Instead, during a multi-project build the profile is either on or off depending on whether the file exists relative to the *aggregator pom*. The decision is made once.
> Variable substitution doesn't work, so I can't explicitly use <exists>${basedir}/file-to-check-for</exists> or any variation on this theme to workaround the bug.
> Some background to my particular problem. I have 10 modules to build. Some of them are GUI modules and contain a file called plugin.xml in the subproject directory. I want to package these up specially and sign them, ready for deployment to webstart. The other modules are shared and server code and I don't want these packaged in the same way. So, I've got a dependency in my *parent* pom file which activates a profile called "guibundle" if a plugin.xml file exists in the subproject directory.

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