When a dependency is not found in the repository, there is a NullPointerException:
I am using the build 0f 20060723
I have attached a simplified version of my project.xml to reproduce the problem.

Here is the stack trace

maven -e clean
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Trying to get missing/snapshot dependencies required by RF1 Web Services:
Attempting to download rf1db-2.12-SNAPSHOT.jar.
WARNING: Failed to download rf1db-2.12-SNAPSHOT.jar.
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.maven.verifier.DependencyVerifier.createUnsatisfiedDependenciesMessage(DependencyVerifier.java:225)
at org.apache.maven.verifier.DependencyVerifier.satisfyDependencies(DependencyVerifier.java:195)
at org.apache.maven.verifier.DependencyVerifier.verify(DependencyVerifier.java:104)
at org.apache.maven.project.Project.verifyDependencies(Project.java:582)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginManager.attainGoals(PluginManager.java:679)
at org.apache.maven.MavenSession.attainGoals(MavenSession.java:264)
at org.apache.maven.cli.App.doMain(App.java:546)
at org.apache.maven.cli.App.main(App.java:1359)
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:324)
at com.werken.forehead.Forehead.run(Forehead.java:551)
at com.werken.forehead.Forehead.main(Forehead.java:581)

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Finished at : Friday, July 28, 2006 11:53:06 BST AM