Misleading error messages when local repository is not writable

Details

  • Type: Bug Bug
  • Status: Closed Closed
  • Priority: Minor Minor
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • Affects Version/s: 2.1.0-M1
  • Fix Version/s: None
  • Component/s: Artifacts and Repositories
  • Labels:
    None
  • Environment:
    Linux - Ubuntu 8.04 Server - JDK Sun 1.6.0_06 - Maven 2.0.9
  • Complexity:
    Intermediate

Description

When the local repository is not writable, the error messages when downloading an artifact does not allow to pin down the issue quickly.

Maven only reports that the artifact cannot be downloaded, and the root cause is displayed as :
Caused by: org.apache.maven.wagon.ResourceDoesNotExistException: Unable to download the artifact from any repository

No message in the trace indicates a problem with the local repository.

The full trace with a clean local repository is attached.

Issue Links

is related to

Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. MNG-4578 Missing local repository results in ResourceNotFoundException while resolving artifact(s), parent

  • Major - Major loss of function.
  • Open - The issue is open and ready for the assignee to start work on it.
relates to

Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. MNG-3794 Improve error logging when downloading depedencies

  • Major - Major loss of function.
  • Closed - The issue is considered finished, the resolution is correct. Issues which are not closed can be reopened.

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Brett Porter added a comment -

Wagon is correctly throwing a TransferFailedException - in 2.1.0-M2-SNAPSHOT, you can use -X to reveal the error "Specified destination directory cannot be created". The problem is that Maven is tossing out the message from that exception in the resolution process.

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Brett Porter added a comment - Wagon is correctly throwing a TransferFailedException - in 2.1.0-M2-SNAPSHOT, you can use -X to reveal the error "Specified destination directory cannot be created". The problem is that Maven is tossing out the message from that exception in the resolution process.

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  • Assignee:
    Brett Porter
    Reporter:
    Clement Denis
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