maven repo problem

[honeybunny]

I am trying to pull spring 3 from the maven repo using the directions found in the spring 3 reference. I'm using m2eclipse. I can add other repositories just fine (jboss for example), but I can't seem to get it to read from the spring repo:
In my .m2/settings.xml:

<repository>
   <id>com.springsource.repository.maven.release</id>
   <url>http://maven.springframework.org/release/</url>
   <snapshots><enabled>false</enabled> </snapshots>
   </repository>
</repositories>

When I try to update in m2eclipse I get the error:

Updating index com.springsource.repository.maven.release|
http://maven.springframework.org/release/
Unable to update index for com.springsource.repository.maven.release|
http://maven.springframework.org/release/: 
Resource nexus-maven-repository-index.properties does not exist

[Christian Dupuis]

Hi,

the error message that you're seeing is because we don't host a nexus index on our maven repos.

Have you tried just adding some dependencies to your pom.xml? This normally triggers a download of appropriate JARs. See example below:

  <dependencies>
  	<dependency>
  		<artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
  		<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
  		<version>3.0.3.RELEASE</version>
  	</dependency>
  </dependencies>

HTH

Christian

[honeybunny]

Yes, I can resolve them that way (it pulls from the maven central repo). I was trying to use the spring repo (thinking it would be more up to date).

[Manco]

Hi,

the error message that you're seeing is because we don't host a nexus index on our maven repos.

I have been running into this same problem. After struggling for many months
with maven and eclipse and now STS I have finally discovered the beauty of
m2eclipse. When set up correctly I can use it (via ctrl-shift-o)
to auto-magically bring in imports AND likewise it will update your pom dependencies for you,
this is way cool and helps out us maven rookies a lot.
However, this feature only works if the repository has an index.

It sure would be nice if the springsource team would consider putting and
index on their repos - I along with your other users would be very grateful.

Thanks,
Tim

[chrismarx]

Second that!

[Bassam El-Abid]

I faced the same issue. I resolved it by settting "Download Remote Indexes" to False on all Spring repo proxies in Nexus. As a result, maven had Nexus download the artifacts without Nexus failing to download the index.