Re: "mvn clean install" builds without problem but "mvn release:prepare" fails with compilation error

>>>>> Steinar Bang <[email protected]>:

> So I put the javadoc generation config back, and "mvn release:prepare"
> stopped working again.

> I have tried the following:
>  1. Remove the aggregate javadoc
>  2. Go back from javadoc-no-fork to javadoc as the execution goal
>  3. Put javadoc attachment in the <verify> phase

> But all of them fails in "mvn release:prepare".

I figured it out from the documentation of "release:prepare"
 https://maven.apache.org/maven-release/maven-release-plugin/usage/prepare-release.html

Specifically, this bit:
 Note: If an error occurs, or the process is cancelled, then running this command again will pick up from where the last one left off.

So when
 mvn release:prepare -DreleaseVersion=3.0.2 -DdevelopmentVersion=3.0.3-SNAPSHOT -DautoVersionSubmodules=true
failed with the expected, obscure, compilation failure, I ran the
command without any arguments, i.e. just:
 mvn release:prepare

This time the command completed without issues and did its things, and
the "mvn release:perform" command completed successfully, since the jar
files were now accompanied by matching javadoc jars.