maven and httpclient

[Jeffrey Dever <js...@sympatico.ca>]

Is anyone actually using Maven to build httpclient?

I'm trying to use it again but am having zero luck.  I the installation 
instructions are simple and I appear to have done them correctly.  I can 
run maven but it always fails.  I have asked on the commons list and the 
use seems patchy.  Been trying to get some help on the maven-user list 
and there is like *no* help forthcoming.

Arg.  Is this even worth it?  Can anyone offer any help?  I need it to 
deploy the website.

Setup:
Linux with maven b7
Maven in /usr/local/maven/
$MAVEN_HOME = /usr/local/maven
$MAVEN_HOME is in the path
Running in a local checkout of jakarta-commons/httpclient

When I run command *maven* I get:
java:jar:
[ERROR] INTERNAL ERROR
[ERROR] Reference made to goal 'java:jar' which has no definition.

I get the same problem when trying to build torque.

I have no idea what the problem is.  It seems to be related to 
configuration, but the steps are so minimal I can't see whats wrong.   
Someone on the commons list suggested that the xml file appeared to be 
intrepted as plain text.  Not sure what to do with that.

Pissed,
Jandlaf.

Re: maven and httpclient

[Jeffrey Dever <js...@sympatico.ca>]

Yea, thats what everyones says, "it just works".

So I took your advice and redownloaded the archive and reinstalled it. 
 I put it in my home directory this time, and downloaded the zip in 
place of the tar.gz and guess what?  It just works.

I'm not going to question the evil spirits at this time.  Maybe later.

Jandalf.


Mike Bowler wrote:

> > Is anyone actually using Maven to build httpclient?
>
> Yup.  I've been using b7 to build HttpClient on both Windows and OS/X 
> with no problems.  I haven't tried it on linux but I would expect it 
> to work fine there as well.
>
> I just tried it again to make sure I wasn't delusional and it worked 
> fine ;-)
>
> I assume you've checked file permissions on the maven installation. 
> Have you tried reinstalling?  As you say, there isn't much to the 
> install and it just worked for me.
>

Re: maven and httpclient

[Mike Bowler <mb...@GargoyleSoftware.com>]

 > Is anyone actually using Maven to build httpclient?

Yup.  I've been using b7 to build HttpClient on both Windows and OS/X 
with no problems.  I haven't tried it on linux but I would expect it to 
work fine there as well.

I just tried it again to make sure I wasn't delusional and it worked 
fine ;-)

I assume you've checked file permissions on the maven installation. 
 Have you tried reinstalling?  As you say, there isn't much to the 
install and it just worked for me.

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