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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:06:25 -0400
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Subject: Re: Project without main artifact
From: "C. Benson Manica" <cbmanica@gmail.com>
To: Maven Users List <users@maven.apache.org>
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It produces a tgz by executing some code in a couple of jars it depends on
that acts on a dependent tgz:

A.jar + B.jar + B.tgz -> unpack B.tgz -> exec plugin on unpacked B.tgz ->
assembly plugin to build B-processed.tgz

Nothing top secret by any stretch.

On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Ron Wheeler
<rwheeler@artifact-software.com>wrote:

>  On 06/08/2010 2:48 PM, C. Benson Manica wrote:
>
>> No, it's not a pom, its purpose is to go download other dependencies and
>> repackage them nicely.
>>
>>  So it does produce an artifact. What kind of Artifact?
> What exactly are you trying to do. Give enough detail so that someone can
> help you.
> BTW. It still could be a POM. It might use a plug-in to make something but
> I would just be guessing, wouldn't I.
>
> If you want to get help, you actually have to disclose some facts.
> If it is a secret, you need to hire a consultant and have him sign a
> non-disclosure after checking his references. not post to a public forum.
>
>
> Ron
>
>  On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Anders Hammar<anders@hammar.net>  wrote:
>>
>>  A pom project?
>>>
>>> /Anders
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 16:22, C. Benson Manica<cbmanica@gmail.com>
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>  Is it possible to configure a Maven project so that it doesn't build or
>>>> deploy the main artifact?  I have projects that are essentially shells
>>>> to
>>>> download and package dependencies, but there are no Java sources to
>>>>
>>> compile
>>>
>>>> or package as a jar (or anything else).  Am I condemned to have empty
>>>>
>>> jars
>>>
>>>> deployed along with the artifacts I want, or are there configuration
>>>> options
>>>> that can address this?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> C. Benson Manica
>>>> cbmanica@gmail.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
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