Error reading assemblies: No assembly descriptors found - assemblies

Question

I get Error reading assemblies: No assembly descriptors found when building my project. I'm trying to set permissions for my .sh files and exclude a nasty .jar file that makes my application crash...I don't think the problem is about that though....
My maven-assembly plugin is added like this in my pom.xml file:
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>make-assembly</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<descriptors>
<descriptor>src/main/assembly/src.xml</descriptor>
</descriptors>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
My assembly descriptor looks like this:
<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.2.xsd">
<id>my-assembly-descriptor</id>
<formats>
<format>jar</format>
<format>war</format>
</formats>
<fileSets>
<fileSet>
<directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}</outputDirectory>
<includes>
<include>*.sh</include>
</includes>
<fileMode>0755</fileMode>
</fileSet>
</fileSets>
<dependencySets>
<dependencySet>
<excludes>
<exclude>spring-2.5.4.jar</exclude>
</excludes>
</dependencySet>
</dependencySets>
</assembly>
The structure in my project is:
Interface - src - main - assembly - src.xml
- pom.xml
When trying to do Run as -> Debug as -> and then in goal putting
assembly:single
I get the same error. I tried in console, with assembly:assembly, and I got nothing. I even tried to put a wrong path to my assembly descriptor, but the error didn't change. When putting ${basedir}/ before the path to my assembly descriptor, I get the same.
I have Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, and I'm working with Eclipse EE,...
Thanks!

Answer 1

I have been using version 2.3 of maven-assembly-plugin, but I believe the problem is the same: if the assembly configuration is declared inside an execution, it works from mvn package, but does not work from mvn assembly:assembly.
The solution I have found is to declare the configuration in the top-level configuration of the plugin, and keep the execution as small as possible:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3</version>
<configuration>
<descriptors>
<descriptor>src/main/assembly/standalone.xml</descriptor>
</descriptors>
<finalName>standalone</finalName>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>standalone</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>

Answer 2

It seems that you have configured the assembly plugin in <build>...<pluginManagement>...<plugins>. It should work if you configure the plugin in <build>...<plugins>.
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>make-assembly</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<descriptors>
<descriptor>src/main/assembly/src.xml</descriptor>
</descriptors>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>

Answer 3

I was also facing the same issue with below command
$mvn clean assembly:single
But below command worked for me
$mvn clean assembly:assembly