>>> But when i do svn checked out the from the above URL, the
>>> org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.message package is empty..
>> can you provide the URL for this package ?
>>
> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/directory/clients/ldap/trunk/ldap-client-api/src/main/java/org/apache/directory/shared/ldap/

I just removed this empty package.

Anyway, this should not break the build.

I just ran a complete build, with tests, and everything went fine.

You may have some old versions of shared in your maven repos... Can you 
doom it and try again after having built shared ?

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Cordialement,
Emmanuel Lécharny
www.iktek.com