I don't think the jar you after is here there but Ivy round up is trying to
solve this problem.  Maybe you could contrib the correct config?

http://code.google.com/p/ivyroundup/

Cheers,
Geoff

Hey, and don't you mean _Oracle_ published a bad pom?

On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Maarten Coene <maarten_coene@yahoo.com>wrote:

> As a workaround, maybe you can try to create a local maven repository and
> add this parent pom to it?
> Do you know if maven itself is capable of downloading these jars from that
> repository?
>
> Maarten
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Gareth Collins <gareth_collins@hotmail.com>
> To: ivy-user@ant.apache.org
> Sent: Fri, May 21, 2010 6:04:15 AM
> Subject: Re: Problem Installing With com.sun.mail jars From Sun Maven
>  Repository
>
>
> No. This website just indicates that Sun jars cannot be found on ibiblio
> due
> to Sun's binary license
>
> I know this. I have already found the relevant files in Sun's Maven
> repository. Unfortunately,
> the POM files created by Sun appear to have a bug. Is there a way for me to
> get around the specific
> bug I found without having to install the files manually into my local Ivy
> repository (i.e. I have to create
> all the Ivy files by hand).
>
> thanks in advance,
> Gareth Collins
>
>
> Karolis Petrauskas wrote:
> >
> > Isn't this related to
> > http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-coping-with-sun-jars.html ?
> >
> > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 2:35 AM, Gareth Collins
> > <gareth_collins@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I am trying to install the sun mail jars in a local ivy repository. I am
> >> using the following resolver to connect to the repository:
> >>
> >> <ibiblio name="sun" root="http://download.java.net/maven/2"
> >> m2compatible="true" />
> >>
> >> The mail libraries are here:
> >>
> >> http://download.java.net/maven/2/com/sun/mail/
> >>
> >> When I try and install the mail libraries (imap,pop3 or smtp), I have
> >> problems. I see the following error:
> >>
> >> [ivy:install] :: problems summary ::
> >> [ivy:install] :::: WARNINGS
> >> [ivy:install]   io problem while parsing ivy file:
> >> http://download.java.net/maven/2/com/sun/mail/smtp/1.4.3/smtp-1.4.3.pom
> :
> >> Impossible to load parent for
> >>
> file:/Users/gcollins/Downloads/apache-ivy-2.1.0/src/example/build-a-ivy-repository/cache/no-namespace/com.sun.mail/smtp/ivy-1.4.3.xml.original.
> >> Parent=com.sun.mail#parent-distrib;1.4.3
> >> [ivy:install]           module not found: com.sun.mail#smtp;1.4.3
> >> [ivy:install]   ==== sun: tried
> >> [ivy:install]
> >>
> http://download.java.net/maven/2/com/sun/mail/parent-distrib/1.4.3/parent-distrib-1.4.3.pom
> >> [ivy:install]     -- artifact
> >> com.sun.mail#parent-distrib;1.4.3!parent-distrib.jar:
> >> [ivy:install]
> >>
> http://download.java.net/maven/2/com/sun/mail/parent-distrib/1.4.3/parent-distrib-1.4.3.jar
> >>
> >> I see that they messed up the Maven POM file (the ../parent-distrib
> >> directory doesn't exist ).
> >>
> >> <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
> >>        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
> >>        xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
> >>                            http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
> >>    <parent>
> >>        <groupId>com.sun.mail</groupId>
> >>        <artifactId>parent-distrib</artifactId>
> >>        <version>1.4.3</version>
> >>        <relativePath>../parent-distrib/pom.xml</relativePath>
> >>    </parent>
> >>    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
> >>    <groupId>com.sun.mail</groupId>
> >>    <artifactId>smtp</artifactId>
> >>    <packaging>jar</packaging>
> >>    <name>JavaMail API smtp provider</name>
> >>
> >>    <properties>
> >>        <mail.packages.export>
> >>            com.sun.mail.smtp; version=${mail.version}
> >>        </mail.packages.export>
> >>    </properties>
> >> </project>
> >>
> >> I know this is a Sun POM bug, but is there any way I could get around
> >> this
> >> issue in Ivy (other than downloading the files one by one and generating
> >> my
> >> own ivy.xml to install locally)? I know what the right information
> should
> >> be
> >> (it is correct in the dsn mail module)
> >>
> >> If anyone had any suggestions, it would be a really big help.
> >>
> >> thanks in advance,
> >> Gareth Collins
> >>
> >> --
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> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Karolis Petrauskas
> >
> >
>
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