Hi Alec,
On 04/08/2015 09:22 AM, Alec Leamas wrote:
I'm probably dumb (again...) but: my current understanding is that
when installing a typical fedora java package it installs
/usr/share/maven-metadata/app.xml and other things including a jar
file typically like /usr/share/java/app/app.jar.
Now, if I need to make some local development I need to install this
app.jar file into my local maven repository using something like
mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=... -DartifactId=... -Dfile=...
All this metadata (groupId, artifactId, etc.) is available in the
/usr/share/maven-metadata/app.xml file. So, my question: is there any
tool which parses app.xml and installs the jar file to the local maven
repository?
Or have I just got it wrong, and there is another much more elegant
way to make system jar files available to the local maven?
You can call "xmvn" instead of "mvn" and it will first try to use system
jars. Only artifacts not available on your system will be downloaded
from Maven Central. It's important to note that "xmvn" ignores artifact
versions. It will first try to find exact version, but if it's not
available, it will look for any other version of given artifact.
As you can see, development against system jars can be a bit
problematic. That's because "system" jars are not really meant to be
used for development (IMO). We usually package jars into RPMs, because
some Java application needs them at runtime/compile time.
Michal
cheers!
--alec
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