how the hell do I build this project?

[bill.burke]

checked out microcontainer.
$ cd build
$ mvn

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
Downloading: http://repository.jboss.com/maven2//jboss/jboss-parent/2-SNAPSHOT/jboss-parent-2-SNAPSHOT.pom
[WARNING] Unable to get resource from repository jboss (http://repository.jboss.com/maven2/)
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] FATAL ERROR
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Failed to resolve artifact.

GroupId: jboss
ArtifactId: jboss-parent
Version: 2-SNAPSHOT

Reason: Unable to download the artifact from any repository

 jboss:jboss-parent:pom:2-SNAPSHOT

from the specified remote repositories:
 central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2),
 jboss (http://repository.jboss.com/maven2/)


[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Trace
org.apache.maven.reactor.MavenExecutionException: Cannot find parent: jboss:jboss-parent for project: null:jboss-microco
ntainer:pom:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.getProjects(DefaultMaven.java:365)
 at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:278)
 at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:115)
 at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:256)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
 at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315)
 at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255)
 at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430)
 at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingException: Cannot find parent: jboss:jboss-parent for project: null:j
boss-microcontainer:pom:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.assembleLineage(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:1161)
 at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.buildInternal(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:674)
 at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.buildFromSourceFileInternal(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.ja
va:416)
 at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.build(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:192)
 at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.getProject(DefaultMaven.java:515)
 at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.collectProjects(DefaultMaven.java:447)
 at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.getProjects(DefaultMaven.java:351)
 ... 11 more
Caused by: org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingException: POM 'jboss:jboss-parent' not found in repository: Unable t
o download the artifact from any repository

 jboss:jboss-parent:pom:2-SNAPSHOT

from the specified remote repositories:
 central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2),
 jboss (http://repository.jboss.com/maven2/)

 at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.findModelFromRepository(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:5
13)
 at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.assembleLineage(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:1157)
 ... 17 more
Caused by: org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactNotFoundException: Unable to download the artifact from any reposi
tory

 jboss:jboss-parent:pom:2-SNAPSHOT

from the specified remote repositories:
 central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2),
 jboss (http://repository.jboss.com/maven2/)

 at org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolve(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:136)
 at org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolve(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:63)
 at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.findModelFromRepository(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:4
67)
 ... 18 more
Caused by: org.apache.maven.wagon.ResourceDoesNotExistException: Unable to download the artifact from any repository
 at org.apache.maven.artifact.manager.DefaultWagonManager.getArtifact(DefaultWagonManager.java:260)
 at org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolve(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:124)
 ... 20 more
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: < 1 second
[INFO] Finished at: Thu Apr 19 15:06:00 EDT 2007
[INFO] Final Memory: 1M/2M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

C:\jboss\microcontainer\build>xemacs pom.xml

[bill.burke]

i changed jboss-parent from 2-snapshot to 2

I went to the top level directory of microcontainer/

$ mvn install

Got fatal error.

[INFO] Building jar: C:\jboss\microcontainer\kernel\target\jboss-kernel-tests.jar
[INFO] [assembly:attached {execution: make-assembly}]
[INFO] Reading assembly descriptor: C:\jboss\microcontainer\kernel\src\assembly\spi.xml
[INFO] Reading assembly descriptor: C:\jboss\microcontainer\kernel\src\assembly\plugins.xml
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] FATAL ERROR
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] null
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Trace
java.lang.NullPointerException
 at org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.archive.ManifestCreationFinalizer.getVirtualFiles(ManifestCreationFinalizer.
java:99)
 at org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.AbstractArchiver.hasVirtualFiles(AbstractArchiver.java:546)
 at org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.zip.AbstractZipArchiver.createArchiveMain(AbstractZipArchiver.java:258)
 at org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.zip.AbstractZipArchiver.execute(AbstractZipArchiver.java:242)
 at org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.AbstractArchiver.createArchive(AbstractArchiver.java:513)
 at org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.archive.DefaultAssemblyArchiver.createArchive(DefaultAssemblyArchiver.java:1
03)
 at org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.mojos.AbstractAssemblyMojo.execute(AbstractAssemblyMojo.java:278)
 at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:412)
 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:534)
 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalWithLifecycle(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:47
5)
 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:454)
 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.jav
a:306)
 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:273)
 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:140)
 at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:322)
 at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:115)
 at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:256)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
 at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315)
 at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255)
 at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430)
 at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375)
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 1 minute 42 seconds
[INFO] Finished at: Thu Apr 19 15:15:51 EDT 2007
[INFO] Final Memory: 19M/54M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[pgier]

I updated the repositories, so that the pom can now pick up snapshots, and updated the parent version to 2 (same thing you did). That takes care of the first issue.

The second issue look like a problem with the assembly plugin. If you comment out the assembly plugin config in kernel/pom.xml you will be able to build the project.

I'll try to figure out why the plugin is failing.

[pgier]

It should be fixed now if you get the latest from svn. It looks like the maven guys released a new version of the assembly plugin that doesn't like an empty assembly. The assembly descriptors are fixed, and the build seems ok now.

[starksm64]

You know what we need to do ...