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

Cool! So then we are sorted out?

If yes:
In cases like this, if we'd get a beer, half of it would be yours :D

Thanks
T

On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM Steinar Bang <[email protected]> wrote:
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> >>>>> 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.
>
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