# publishPlugins does not generate POM correctly **URL:** \ **Category:** Plugin Portal\ **Tags:** gradle-3359\ **Created:** [November 5, 2015, 11:14am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/publishplugins-does-not-generate-pom-correctly/12629 "2015-11-05T11:14:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Schalk\_Cronje](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/schalk_cronje/32/6511_2.png) [@Schalk\_Cronje](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Schalk_Cronje)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 11:14am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/publishplugins-does-not-generate-pom-correctly/12629/1 "2015-11-05T11:14:45Z")
I am raising this as a bug as I originally thought it related to the Gradle cloud infrastructure, but it seems to be in the publish plugin. I have found this whilst investigating [this issue](https://github.com/ysb33r/groovy-vfs/issues/62) someone has raised against the vfs-plugin. I have simplified the test to the following buildscript ```groovy configurations { example } repositories { maven { url 'https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/' } jcenter() } dependencies { example 'org.ysb33r.gradle:vfs-gradle-plugin:1.0-beta5' } ``` which can be run with `gradle -d -g FOO dep` and cleaning `FOO` directory between runs. **Network #1 where it fails.** This fails to download because the POM it gets is incorrect. The debug log will show that ```gradle 10:39:52.889 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.resource.transport.http.HttpClientHelper] Performing HTTP GET: https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/org/ysb33r/gradle/vfs-gradle-plugin/1.0-beta5/vfs-gradle-plugin-1.0-beta5.pom 10:39:53.340 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingClientConnectionManager] Connection request: [route: {s}->https://plugins.gradle.org][total kept alive: 0; route allocated: 0 of 5; total allocated: 0 of 10] 10:39:53.363 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingClientConnectionManager] Connection leased: [id: 0][route: {s}->https://plugins.gradle.org][total kept alive: 0; route allocated: 1 of 5; total allocated: 1 of 10] 10:39:53.477 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator] Connecting to plugins.gradle.org:443 10:39:54.107 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.client.protocol.RequestAddCookies] CookieSpec selected: best-match 10:39:54.141 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.client.protocol.RequestAuthCache] Auth cache not set in the context 10:39:54.145 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.client.protocol.RequestTargetAuthentication] Target auth state: UNCHALLENGED 10:39:54.156 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.client.protocol.RequestProxyAuthentication] Proxy auth state: UNCHALLENGED 10:39:54.158 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.impl.client.SystemDefaultHttpClient] Attempt 1 to execute request 10:39:54.159 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnection] Sending request: GET /m2/org/ysb33r/gradle/vfs-gradle-plugin/1.0-beta5/vfs-gradle-plugin-1.0-beta5.pom HTTP/1.1 10:39:54.244 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnection] Receiving response: HTTP/1.1 303 See Other 10:39:54.256 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.resource.transport.http.AlwaysRedirectRedirectStrategy] Redirect requested to location 'https://gradleware-plugins.s3.amazonaws.com/org.ysb33r.gradle/vfs-gradle-plugin/1.0-beta5/5df6435a29e97fe1cc3f968a6bd15cf6091a8e709ec13882045b06873fbdd697/vfs-gradle-plugin-1.0-beta5.pom' 10:39:54.263 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.impl.client.SystemDefaultHttpClient] Resetting target auth state 10:39:54.264 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.impl.client.SystemDefaultHttpClient] Redirecting to 'https://gradleware-plugins.s3.amazonaws.com/org.ysb33r.gradle/vfs-gradle-plugin/1.0-beta5/5df6435a29e97fe1cc3f968a6bd15cf6091a8e709ec13882045b06873fbdd697/vfs-gradle-plugin-1.0-beta5.pom' via {s}->https://gradleware-plugins.s3.amazonaws.com 10:39:54.270 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnection] Connection 0.0.0.0:34055<->54.225.194.42:443 closed 10:39:54.272 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnection] Connection 0.0.0.0:34055<->54.225.194.42:443 closed 10:39:54.273 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingClientConnectionManager] Connection released: [id: 0][route: {s}->https://plugins.gradle.org][total kept alive: 0; route allocated: 0 of 5; total allocated: 0 of 10] 10:39:54.273 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingClientConnectionManager] Connection request: [route: {s}->https://gradleware-plugins.s3.amazonaws.com][total kept alive: 0; route allocated: 0 of 5; total allocated: 0 of 10] 10:39:54.274 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingClientConnectionManager] Connection leased: [id: 1][route: {s}->https://gradleware-plugins.s3.amazonaws.com][total kept alive: 0; route allocated: 1 of 5; total allocated: 1 of 10] 10:39:54.387 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator] Connecting to gradleware-plugins.s3.amazonaws.com:443 10:39:54.741 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.client.protocol.RequestAddCookies] CookieSpec selected: best-match 10:39:54.742 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.client.protocol.RequestAuthCache] Auth cache not set in the context 10:39:54.743 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.client.protocol.RequestTargetAuthentication] Target auth state: UNCHALLENGED 10:39:54.744 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.client.protocol.RequestProxyAuthentication] Proxy auth state: UNCHALLENGED 10:39:54.744 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.impl.client.SystemDefaultHttpClient] Attempt 2 to execute request 10:39:54.745 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnection] Sending request: GET /org.ysb33r.gradle/vfs-gradle-plugin/1.0-beta5/5df6435a29e97fe1cc3f968a6bd15cf6091a8e709ec13882045b06873fbdd697/vfs-gradle-plugin-1.0-beta5.pom HTTP/1.1 10:39:54.886 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnection] Receiving response: HTTP/1.1 200 OK 10:39:54.893 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.impl.client.SystemDefaultHttpClient] Connection can be kept alive indefinitely 10:39:54.922 [LIFECYCLE] [org.gradle.internal.resource.transfer.ProgressLoggingExternalResourceAccessor$ProgressLoggingExternalResource] Download https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/org/ysb33r/gradle/vfs-gradle-plugin/1.0-beta5/vfs-gradle-plugin-1.0-beta5.pom ``` A simple `curl` on `https://gradleware-plugins.s3.amazonaws.com/org.ysb33r.gradle/vfs-gradle-plugin/1.0-beta5/5df6435a29e97fe1cc3f968a6bd15cf6091a8e709ec13882045b06873fbdd697/vfs-gradle-plugin-1.0-beta5.pom` shows a POM containing the following incorrect snippet: ```xml org.ysb33r.groovy dsl 1.0-beta5 compile ``` The correct snippet should be ```xml org.ysb33r.groovy groovy-vfs 1.0-beta5 compile ``` If I remove the Gradle repo, then it resolves. The debug log for that case is ```gradle 10:48:56.473 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnection] Sending request: GET /org/ysb33r/gradle/vfs-gradle-plugin/1.0-beta5/vfs-gradle-plugin-1.0-beta5.pom HTTP/1.1 10:48:56.639 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnection] Receiving response: HTTP/1.1 200 OK 10:48:56.655 [DEBUG] [org.apache.http.impl.client.SystemDefaultHttpClient] Connection can be kept alive indefinitely 10:48:56.702 [LIFECYCLE] [org.gradle.internal.resource.transfer.ProgressLoggingExternalResourceAccessor$ProgressLoggingExternalResource] Download https://jcenter.bintray.com/org/ysb33r/gradle/vfs-gradle-plugin/1.0-beta5/vfs-gradle-plugin-1.0-beta5.pom 10:48:56.708 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.resource.transfer.DefaultCacheAwareExternalResourceAccessor] Downloading https://jcenter.bintray.com/org/ysb33r/gradle/vfs-gradle-plugin/1.0-beta5/vfs-gradle-plugin-1.0-beta5.pom to /tmp/gradle_download1683793467655097630bin ``` ---
**Author:** ![Schalk\_Cronje](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/schalk_cronje/32/6511_2.png) [@Schalk\_Cronje](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Schalk_Cronje)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 11:24am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/publishplugins-does-not-generate-pom-correctly/12629/2 "2015-11-05T11:24:29Z")
More digging … I have found this in the groovy-vfs plugin build. ```gradle build/poms/pom-default.xml build/publish-generated-resources/pom.xml ``` Now `pom-default.xml` is the POM that gets pushed to bintray as part of the Bintray upload. OTOH `publish-generated-resources/pom.xml` is generated by `publishPlugins` I believe and it is the one that get send to the Gradle pluglin portal. Any guesses as to which one has the broken POM ? I think there might be an issue with regard to the publish plugin when one subproject depends on another an the name of the other subproject does not match the name of the artifact it produces In the gradle plugin there exists a dependency ```groovy compile project( path:':dsl',configuration:'default') ``` whereas in the `dsl` subproject there is a line ```gradle archivesBaseName = 'groovy-vfs' ``` It should be pretty clear now where the discrepancy is arising. ---
**Author:** ![Schalk\_Cronje](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/schalk_cronje/32/6511_2.png) [@Schalk\_Cronje](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Schalk_Cronje)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/publishplugins-does-not-generate-pom-correctly/12629/3 "2015-11-05T13:19:21Z")
I could not find the source repository for the plugin-publish-plugin and had to resort to the code in the source JAR. The issue is in `PomWriter.addDependency` and it relies on the hope that `getName()` will return the correct thing. Obviously for the above example this will not work. ```java if(dep instanceof DefaultProjectDependency) { // not sure if next line is totally correct - I just hastily converted it back from a Groovy test mavenDep.setArtifactId( (DefaultProjectDependency)dep.getDependencyProject().getArchivesBaseName() ); } else { mavenDep.setArtifactId(dep.getName()); } ``` but even that is not a 100% sure solution. ---
**Author:** ![kewi69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/49beb7/32.png) [@kewi69](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/kewi69)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/publishplugins-does-not-generate-pom-correctly/12629/4 "2015-11-09T19:36:35Z")
I concurred the problem as we only have access to published and signed artifacts at maven central or jcenter . ---
**Author:** ![daz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/daz/32/2475_2.png) [@daz](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/daz)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/publishplugins-does-not-generate-pom-correctly/12629/5 "2015-11-11T01:36:29Z")
Thanks for reporting. I’ve raised GRADLE-3359 to track this issue. The plugin-publish-plugin source is part of the plugin portal project, and is not open-sourced. I’ll make sure the devs are aware of this. ---
**Author:** ![kotlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kotlin](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/kotlin)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/publishplugins-does-not-generate-pom-correctly/12629/6 "2016-07-12T17:28:31Z")
Looks like I also ran into the same (or at least a very similar) problem with the Dokka plugin. The Dokka Gradle plugin depends on a shadow jar. When I publish the plugin normally, the [POM file](http://dl.bintray.com/kotlin/dokka/org/jetbrains/dokka/dokka-gradle-plugin/0.9.9/:dokka-gradle-plugin-0.9.9.pom) references the correct artifact ID for the fatjar. When I publish to the plugin portal, the generated POM references the name of the module from which the fatjar is built, and the plugin doesn’t work because no such artifact is published. The worst part of this is that there doesn’t seem to be any way to test a plugin before I publish it, so I discovered the problem only after the plugin has been published. Now the plugin portal contains a completely broken plugin with no possibility for me to delete it until I find a proper fix for this issue. ---
**Author:** ![vermeulen\_mp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/vermeulen_mp/32/5257_2.png) [@vermeulen\_mp](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/vermeulen_mp)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/publishplugins-does-not-generate-pom-correctly/12629/7 "2016-07-23T15:31:13Z")
Thanks for reporting this @kotlin, I’ve created an extra ticket GRADLE-3509 for this issue. This is a closely related problem to GRADLE-3359, but not entirely the same. We are inferring the artifactId of a different type of dependency here which for me warrants a separate task. Could I please ask you to provide me with some more details and perhaps a link or code sample to look at? ---
**Author:** ![vermeulen\_mp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/vermeulen_mp/32/5257_2.png) [@vermeulen\_mp](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/vermeulen_mp)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/publishplugins-does-not-generate-pom-correctly/12629/8 "2016-07-28T16:13:39Z")
This has now been fixed and rolled out in version 0.9.5 of the Plugin Publish plugin.