Problem indexing central maven repository

[marioja]

Hi,

I just created a fresh new workspace (hence a brand new .metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.m2e.core\nexus subfolder), then opened the maven repositories view and right click the global central repository and select rebuild index. All I get in the Eclipse error log is the following (with no stack trace, grrr):

eclipse.buildId=2.9.0.201203011000-RELEASE
java.version=1.6.0_24
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=en_CA
Framework arguments: -product com.springsource.sts.ide -showlocation
Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86 -product com.springsource.sts.ide -showlocation

Error
Fri Mar 30 11:56:06 EDT 2012
Unable to update index for central|http://repo1.maven.org/maven2

I know that the General/Network Connection proxies settings are correct and that the ~/.m2/settings.xml proxy settings are also correct. However, no cigar. Can anyone shed some light or provide a fix/workaround?

[Martin Lippert]

Hey Mario!

Is this a temporary problem with accessing updating the maven index or do you see this error with every Eclipse/STS installation on your machine?

Cheers,
-Martin

[marioja]

I only have one installation of STS 2.9.0 on my system and I see this all the time. Is there some debugging or tracing I could turn on to get more information?

[Martin Lippert]

Hey!

Did you try maybe this:
http://www.svlada.com/blog/2011/09/2...ven-orgmaven2/

(with org.eclipse.m2e.core instead of org.maven.ide.eclipse)

-Martin

[marioja]

I found out the problem. The http proxy is at cause. Is there additional tracing that can be added so this can be identified faster in the future? Thanks

[chrismarx]

I had this problem with STS 2.8.2, upgrading to STS 2.9.2 solved it-