javadoc:aggregate deletes product target folder

Question

I can "mvn clean install" to generate zip file of my multi-project application in target folder of my product project. I can run "mvn clean javadoc:aggregate" to generate javadocs. no problem up to generating both...

When I run "mvn clean install javadoc:aggregate" javadoc is created but product zip is created and deleted.

I have tried to run mvn again but:

• "mvn clean install" generates product but deletes my javadoc target folder
• "mvn clean javadoc:aggregate" generates javadocs but deletes my product target folder.

What could be the reason? Any workaround?

Answer 1

This is a bug in eclipse-repository that has shown up repeatedly on mailing lists etc. but there is no bug report for this yet. If you have a small, standalone example project to reproduce the problem, please file a bug report and attach the project.