Skip exec-maven-plugin from Command Line Argument in Maven

Question

By default in my project POM, exec-maven-plugin, rpm-maven-plugin will be executed, which is not required in local compilation/build.

I want to skip these plugin execution by passing Command Line Arguments I tried below command to skip them like normal plugins, but didn't work though!

mvn install -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dmaven.exec.skip=true -Dmaven.rpm.skip=true

Answer 1

This page should tell you that the name of the argument to be passed by cmdline (i.e. the user property) is called skip, which is a poorly chosen name. To fix this do the following:

<properties>
  <maven.exec.skip>false</maven.exec.skip> <!-- default -->
</properties>
...
<plugin>
  <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
  <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>1.3.2</version>
  <configuration>
    <skip>${maven.exec.skip}</skip>
  </configuration>
</plugin>

Answer 2

Try -Dexec.skip from specification:

http://www.mojohaus.org/exec-maven-plugin/java-mojo.html#skip

Answer 3

Using profiles (as little as possible) and execution phase you may achieve what you want for plugins that do not handle the skip property:

Plugin configuration:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
    <artifactId>rpm-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <phase>${rpmPackagePhase}</phase>
            <id>generate-rpm</id>
            <goals>
                <goal>rpm</goal>
            </goals>
        </execution>
    </executions>
    <configuration>
    ...
    </configuration>
</plugin>

Profile configuration:

<profiles>
    <profile>
        <id>default</id>
        <activation>
            <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
        </activation>
        <properties>
            <rpmPackagePhase>none</rpmPackagePhase>
        </properties>
    </profile>
    <profile>
        <id>rpmPackage</id>
        <activation>
            <property>
                <name>rpm.package</name>
                <value>true</value>
            </property>
        </activation>
        <properties>
            <rpmPackagePhase>package</rpmPackagePhase>
        </properties>
    </profile>
</profiles>

Invocation:

mvn package -Drpm.package=true [...]