[jira] Reopened: (MNG-2190) -Dkey=value parameters cannot include spaces in the value

["Gordon Henriksen (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

     [ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-2190?page=all ]
     
Gordon Henriksen reopened MNG-2190:
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Reopening with patch to use "$@" rather than trying to second-guess argv.

The current status quo fails on args like '-Dfoo=my "great" new project'. This is not a valid path on Windows, so I don't think I can adapt the integration test to suit. Probably could test on a property used for some other purpose, though.

It's probably true that not all shells support "$@", but I would be very surprised if anything installed at /bin/sh doesn't. Notably, ant's wrapper script uses "$@", so if that's "portable enough," then this patch should also be.

All integration tests do pass.

> -Dkey=value parameters cannot include spaces in the value
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
>          Key: MNG-2190
>          URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-2190
>      Project: Maven 2
>         Type: Bug

>   Components: Command Line
>     Versions: 2.0.2
>  Environment: Darwin
>     Reporter: Gordon Henriksen
>     Assignee: Brett Porter

>
>
> Even if I properly escape spaces in a path at the shell level, Maven seems to re-split the command parameters. For instance, on Unix, the following should all run the compile goal with a property foo="bar baz":
>     $ mvn compile "-Dfoo=bar baz"
>     $ mvn compile -Dfoo="bar baz"
>     $ mvn compile -Dfoo=bar\ baz
> But in fact, Maven fails, complaining that "baz" is an invalid task:
>     [INFO] Scanning for projects...
>     [INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     [ERROR] BUILD FAILURE
>     [INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     [INFO] Invalid task 'baz': you must specify a valid lifecycle phase, or a goal in the format plugin:goal or pluginGroupId:pluginArtifactId:pluginVersion:goal
>     [INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     [INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch
>     [INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     [INFO] Total time: < 1 second
>     [INFO] Finished at: Wed Mar 29 15:21:01 EST 2006
>     [INFO] Final Memory: 1M/2M
>     [INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Is this intended behavior? Seems as if Maven is unnecessarily splitting the string, when the OS already does as much.
> I was merely trying to run:
>     mvn deploy:deploy-file "-Dfile=/Users/me/Desktop/Bellicose SDK/lib/Bellicose.jar" ...
> In my case, it's practical to work around by renaming the Bellicose SDK folder, but it seems as if Windows users stuck with "C:\Documents and Settings\..." might have a harder time of it.

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