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?