I have a fairly simple Maven project:
<project>
<dependencies>
...
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy-dependencies</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/dependencies</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
However, I get the following error in m2eclipse:
Description Resource Path Location Type
maven-dependency-plugin (goals "copy-dependencies", "unpack") is not supported by m2e. pom.xml /jasperreports-test line 60 Maven Project Build Lifecycle Mapping Problem
Why do I care if m2eclipse doesn't "support" this task? Maven does, and that's all I really care about. How can I get this error in my project to go away?
It seems to be a known issue. You can instruct m2e to ignore this.
Option 1: pom.xml
Add the following inside your <build/>
tag:
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<!-- Ignore/Execute plugin execution -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
<artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<configuration>
<lifecycleMappingMetadata>
<pluginExecutions>
<!-- copy-dependency plugin -->
<pluginExecution>
<pluginExecutionFilter>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
</pluginExecutionFilter>
<action>
<ignore />
</action>
</pluginExecution>
</pluginExecutions>
</lifecycleMappingMetadata>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins></pluginManagement>
You will need to do Maven... -> Update Project Configuration on your project after this.
Read more: http://wiki.eclipse.org/M2E_plugin_execution_not_covered#m2e_maven_plugin_coverage_status
Option 2: Global Eclipse Override
To avoid changing your POM files, the ignore override can be applied to the whole workspace via Eclipse settings.
Save this file somewhere on the disk: https://gist.github.com/maksimov/8906462
In Eclipse/Preferences/Maven/Lifecycle Mappings
browse to this file and click OK: