I've been playing around with maven2, using it to include microcontainer dependencies into JBoss Cache, and see the following: | | [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | [ERROR] BUILD ERROR | [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | [INFO] Failed to resolve artifact. | | Missing: | ---------- | 1) com.sun:tools:jar:1.5 | | Try downloading the file manually from the project website. | | Then, install it using the command: | mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=com.sun -DartifactId=tools \ | -Dversion=1.5 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file | | Path to dependency: | 1) jboss:jbc21test:jar:2.1 | 2) jboss:jboss-aop-mc-int:jar:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT | 3) jboss:jboss-aop:jar:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT | 4) javassist:javassist:jar:3.5-SNAPSHOT | 5) com.sun:tools:jar:1.5 | | Googling around for a bit, I see the following that are relevant: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-806 http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-869 http://maven.apache.org/general.html#tools-jar-dependency http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Java/Conceptual/Java14Developmen... The problem with defining tools.jar as a dependency - even as a "system" scope dependency - is that this is only specific to Sun JDKs. Other JDKs (like Apple, which I use) have tools.jar classes in the Classes.jar archive, which is already in your classpath. Basically, from what I gathered, this block in javassist's pom should only be enabled if the vendor name includes Sun Microsystems: <profiles> | <profile> | <id>jdk14</id> | <activation> | <jdk>1.4</jdk> | </activation> | <dependencies> | <dependency> | <groupId>com.sun</groupId> | <artifactId>tools</artifactId> | <version>1.4</version> | <scope>system</scope> | <systemPath>${java.home}/../lib/tools.jar</systemPath> | </dependency> | </dependencies> | </profile> | <profile> | <id>jdk15</id> | <activation> | <jdk>1.5</jdk> | </activation> | <dependencies> | <dependency> | <groupId>com.sun</groupId> | <artifactId>tools</artifactId> | <version>1.5</version> | <scope>system</scope> | <systemPath>${java.home}/../lib/tools.jar</systemPath> | </dependency> | </dependencies> | </profile> | </profiles> | | Cheers, Manik View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4071410#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...