I have my maven project setup as 1 shell projects and 4 children modules When I try to build the shell I get INFO Scanning for projects ERROR The build could not read 1 project - gt Help 1 ERROR ERROR The project module1 1 0 A0 C module1 pom xml has 1 error ERROR Non-resolvable parent POM Failure to find shell pom 1 0 A0 in http nyhub1 ny ssmb com 8081 nexus content repositories JBoss was cached in the local repository resolution will not be reattempted until the update interval of jboss has elapsed or updates are forced and parent relativePath points at wrong local POM line 5 column 11 - gt Help 2 If I try to build a lone module I get the same error only replace module1 with whatever module it was Have them all referencing the parent in their poms lt parent gt lt artifactId gt shell lt artifactId gt lt groupId gt converter lt groupId gt lt version gt 1 0 A0 lt version gt lt parent gt Here is the relevant parts of the shell pom lt groupId gt converter lt groupId gt lt artifactId gt shell lt artifactId gt lt version gt 1 0 A0 lt version gt lt packaging gt pom lt packaging gt lt name gt shell lt name gt lt modules gt lt module gt module1 lt module gt lt module gt module2 lt module gt lt module gt module3 lt module gt lt module gt module4 lt module gt lt modules gt

Maven: Non-resolvable parent POM

Just for reference.

The joys of Maven.

Putting the relative path of the modules to ../pom.xml solved it.

The parent element has a relativePath element that you need to point to the directory of the parent. It defaults to ..

~ Answered on 2011-09-30 15:40:08