Maven 1.x Distribution Plugin

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: None
• Fix Version/s: None
• Component/s: None
• Labels:

  None
• Environment:

  Sun Solaris v5.8

Unlike the site plugin that uses a property to set the tar program used (maven.site.tar.executable), the dist plugin uses the hard coded string 'tar' to run the tar command. This is a problem on Solaris OS where the 'U' option is not supported by the standard tar program.

Below is the snippet of plugin.jelly script in question (dist:deploy goal) -

<deploy:artifact
artifact="distributions.tar.gz"
type="distributions"
assureDirectoryCommand="mkdir -p"
siteCommand="cd @deployDirectory@;gunzip distributions.tar.gz;tar xUvf distributions.tar;chmod -R g+u *;rm distributions.tar"
/>

It would seem appropriate/consistent to replace the hard coded string with a 'maven.dist.tar.executable' to allow a different tar program, i.e. GNU tar, that supports the 'U' to be used. This would default to a value of 'tar' and therefore be transparent in behaviour for most people.

This bug was also present in Beta 10.

Cheers,

Martin.

1. 

   dist.patch

   13/Apr/04 9:57 AM

   3 kB

   Arnaud Heritier

• Assignee:

  Brett Porter

  Reporter:

  Martin Lambert

• Created:

  29/Sep/03 6:21 AM

  Updated:

  13/Apr/04 6:53 PM

  Resolved:

  13/Apr/04 6:53 PM