Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.16:test error in SAKAI

Question

When i tried to build SAKAI with maven i encounter the following error. Is there anyone faced with the same problem? Also firstly i build master folder in sakai source folder (sakai-src) normally there should be a folder named repository inside .m2 folder ( c:/user/pc-user/.m2 ) but don't exist.

• Sakai 10.7
• Maven 3.3.1
• Tomcat 7.0.72

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[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.16:test (default-test) on project external-calendaring-service-impl: There are test failures.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] Please refer to C:\apache\sakai-src\external-calendaring-service\impl\target\surefire-reports for the individual test results.
[ERROR] -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureException
[ERROR]
[ERROR] After correcting the problems, you can resume the build with the command
[ERROR]   mvn <goals> -rf :external-calendaring-service-impl

Answer 1

There are certain times when some tests are causing the build to fail. Excluding them is one of the best workarounds to continue the build. Exclusions can be done by configuring the excludes property of the plugin.

Maven Surefire Plugin / Inclusions and Exclusions of Tests

My solution would be to check in C:\\apache\\sakai-src\\external-calendaring-service\\impl\\target\\surefire-reports for the failed tests and exclude them in your pom.xml.

  <project>
      [...]
      <build>
        <plugins>
          <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.19.1</version>
            <configuration>
              <excludes>
                <exclude>**/TestCircle.java</exclude>
                <exclude>**/TestSquare.java</exclude>
              </excludes>
            </configuration>
          </plugin>
        </plugins>
      </build>
      [...]
    </project>

Another solution might be to run the following Maven command:

mvn clean install -X -e -DskipTests