[jira] Closed: (MDEP-162) localRepository as file URL in settings.xml makes unpacking dependencies fail: expanding into null

["Dan Tran (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

     [ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MDEP-162?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Dan Tran closed MDEP-162.
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    Resolution: Won't Fix
      Assignee: Dan Tran  (was: Brian Fox)

even though url format is valid for localRepository settings, but I dont think it is worth for use to do the extra mile to support this since it is very uncommon usage.

> localRepository as file URL in settings.xml makes unpacking dependencies fail: expanding into null
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>
>                 Key: MDEP-162
>                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MDEP-162
>             Project: Maven 2.x Dependency Plugin
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: unpack-dependencies
>    Affects Versions: 2.0
>         Environment: Windows XP
>            Reporter: Heiko Selber
>            Assignee: Dan Tran
>            Priority: Minor
>         Attachments: expanding_into_null.txt
>
>
> I specified the localRepository in settings.xml like this:
> <localRepository>file:///C:/.m2/repository</localRepository>
> Using a file URL is apparently valid for artifacts which are only downloaded.
> However, when a dependency is to be expanded to .unpacked-modules, a file URL leads to failure.
> The dependency is unpacked to the directory where mvn was started.
> The console output shows this line:
> [INFO] Expanding: c:\.m2\repository\com\company\project\activemq-cpp\2.1.3_02\activemq-cpp-2.1.3_02-win32.zip into null
> Debug output is attached, look for outputDirectory.
> The problem here is an inconsistency in treating a file URL; it is correctly used by some modules, but incorrectly by others.
> Possible solutions:
> 1. Accept file URLs everywhere (preferred)
> 2. Don't accept file URLs anywhere and fail cleanly when file URL is encountered
> 3. Document clearly in which format the path is to be given

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