External Jetty distribution does not work if 'lib' is in the path

[pogo19]

Hello, since update to 3.8.0 I have following problem in either Eclipse Kepler or Luna:

Failed to resolve Jetty dependencies: [.*/servlet-api-.*\.jar, .*/jndi/.*\.jar, .*/annotations/.*\.jar]

For applications without JNDI it fails only on servlet-api-.*.jar

When it first appeared it helped to create fresh new run/debug configuration but it doesn't help anymore.

[pogo19]

It seems to be related to using custom Jetty instalation. Plugin recognizes the version but then it doesn't work. Also switching back to built-in jetty instalation (jetty 8.x) doesn't help as it seems that the switch doesn't always happen - switched in UI and saved but not effectively.

[derkoe]

Just tried it with Jetty 9.0.7, 9.1.0 and 9.2.1 and the embedded version and all worked. What version are you using? Have you unzipped the whole Jetty package?

[pogo19]

I have jetty-distribution-9.2.2.v20140723 fully unzipped, all the files/jars are there.

With switching versions (custom to embedded), it does happen in UI but not if I launch the debug configuration. The switch happens if I change also something else, e.g. adding system scope.

[derkoe]

I created #8 for the dialog issue.

[derkoe]

Just tried Jetty jetty-9.2.3.v20140905 and it works. Are you sure all libs are there? Especially $JETTY_HOME/lib/servlet-api-3.1.jar and $JETTY_HOME/lib/jetty-annotations-*

[pogo19]

I just checked it once again, both files are there. Even checked those 2 jars with jar tvf to confirm files are not corrupted.

[derkoe]

Which OS are you using? We heard of some problems in MacOS

[pogo19]

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 with GNOME 3.12 as a desktop of my choice.

[pogo19]

I still have the same problem "Failed to resolve ..." in 3.9.0. Now using Ubuntu 15.10 with GNOME 3.16, Eclipse Luna SR 2 (4.4.2).

[tsg21]

I just had exactly this issue on Windows. After some investigation, I realised I had the exploded Jetty in a "lib" directory: "C:\lib\jetty-distribution-9.4.2.v20170220"

Jetty, of course, has a lib directory itself. I suspect the double lib structure is confusing the plugin.

I don't know whether that is the issue affecting pogo19, but was moving it into a different folder solved the problem for me.

[pogo19]

Bingo, @tsg21 !!!

My jetty dirs:
/home/pogo/lib/jetty-distribution-9.1.5.v20140505
/home/pogo/lib/jetty-distribution-9.2.14.v20151106
/home/pogo/lib/jetty-distribution-9.2.2.v20140723

[pogo19]

When I created symlink to my 'lib' directory with different name (and no 'lib' in path), it has started to work. Thanks, @tsg21 :)