[jira] Commented: (MWAR-158) Overlaying breaks configuration of webXml with a fatal error

> Overlaying breaks configuration of webXml with a fatal error
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>                 Key: MWAR-158
>                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MWAR-158
>             Project: Maven 2.x War Plugin
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions: 2.1-alpha-1
>         Environment: Maven 2.0.9
> SuSE Linux 10.3
> java version "1.5.0_09"
> Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_09-b03)
> Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.5.0_09-b03, mixed mode)
>            Reporter: Michael Heß
>            Priority: Critical
>         Attachments: webXmlBug.tar.gz
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> When using overlays, it is no longer possible to use the webXml configuration value. The following exception is thrown:
> [INFO] [war:war]
> [INFO] Packaging webapp
> [INFO] Assembling webapp[webXmlBug] in [/home/mhe/workspace_spielwiese/webXmlBug/target/webXmlBug]
> [INFO] Processing war project
> OverlayPackagingTask performPackaging overlay.getTargetPath() null[INFO] Processing overlay[ id de.ordix.webXmlBug:overlay]
> [INFO] Unpacking overlay[ id de.ordix.webXmlBug:overlay]
> [INFO] Expanding: /home/mhe/.m2/repository/de/ordix/webXmlBug/overlay/1.0-SNAPSHOT/overlay-1.0-SNAPSHOT.war into /home/mhe/workspace_spielwiese/webXmlBug/target/war/work/de.ordix.webXmlBug/overlay
> [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [ERROR] FATAL ERROR
> [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [INFO] Should not happen, path[WEB-INF/web.xml] is flagged as being registered but was not found.
> [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [INFO] Trace
> java.lang.IllegalStateException: Should not happen, path[WEB-INF/web.xml] is flagged as being registered but was not found.
>         at org.apache.maven.plugin.war.util.WebappStructure.getOwner(WebappStructure.java:157)
>         at org.apache.maven.plugin.war.util.WebappStructure.registerFile(WebappStructure.java:105)
>         at org.apache.maven.plugin.war.packaging.AbstractWarPackagingTask.copyFile(AbstractWarPackagingTask.java:140)
> [...]
> I have attached a testcase, which reproduces the problem. Just build overlay and webXmlBug with "mvn clean install".
> (I know the testcase is synthetic. If you want a "real world" scenario, just replace the resources-copy step with e.g. jsp-precompiling.)