Grails codenarc script not installing

Question

I'm using Grails2.3.8 with codenarc 0.21, executing it using

grails --non-interactive codenarc

To install the codenarc plugin, I have in BuildConfig.groovy, grails.project.dependency.resolution, section plugins, the following:

provided ":codenarc:0.21"

I've also moved mavenCentral() to be before grailsCentral() in the repositories section (saw a suggestion about that somewhere).

On one machine I faffed around a bit, and it's working. On the first build on our integration machine I saw it install codenarc the first time it ran, then display a line with: codenarc uninstalled

And now each time it runs I get the error: Script not found: Codenarc

I've tried adding

grails refresh-dependencies

to the build, but no luck.

I expect I could faff around on the build machine and get it to work somehow, but that wouldn't be repeatable in future.

What can I do to make the codenarc plug-in install reliably?

Answer 1

As so often, writing the question prompted me to investigate a different area.

Changing the BuildConfig.groovy, grails.project.dependency.resolution, section plugins, line to:

compile ":codenarc:0.21"

Fixed the problem - see Grails BuildConfig.groovy, difference between build, compile, and runtime? for the meanings.

It adds another 4Mb to the build, but I can live with that. The problem may be a bug in the provided implementation in Grails.

• Charles