Task ':lib:generateMetadataFileForMavenPublication' uses this output of task ':lib:plainJavadocJar' without declaring an explicit or implicit dependency.

[drernie]

Apologies if I am doing something silly...

I am trying to use the plugin to publish to SonatypeHost.CENTRAL_PORTAL.

I followed the instructions to setup my build.gradle (in this PR).

To use it, I'm assuming I just need to do ./gradlew publish. But I get the following error:

> Task :lib:generateMetadataFileForMavenPublication
> Task :lib:generatePomFileForMavenPublication
> Task :lib:plainJavadocJar FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
A problem was found with the configuration of task ':lib:plainJavadocJar' (type 'JavadocJar').
  - Gradle detected a problem with the following location: '/Users/ernest/GitHub/quiltcore-java/lib/build/libs/lib-javadoc.jar'.
    
    Reason: Task ':lib:generateMetadataFileForMavenPublication' uses this output of task ':lib:plainJavadocJar' without declaring an explicit or implicit dependency. This can lead to incorrect results being produced, depending on what order the tasks are executed.

The strange part is that when I try following a suggestion:

  2. Declare an explicit dependency on ':lib:plainJavadocJar' from ':lib:generateMetadataFileForMavenPublication' using Task#dependsOn.

And add the following line to the end of my src/build.gradle:

tasks.named("generateMetadataFileForMavenPublication").configure { dependsOn("plainJavadocJar") }

I instead get the error:

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating project ':lib'.
> Task with name 'generateMetadataFileForMavenPublication' not found in project ':lib'.

Any idea what I might be doing wrong?

[gabrielittner]

Could you try removing these 2 lines https://github.com/quiltdata/quiltcore-java/blob/fdecdc7ffa7226f1851caa36c6f53499341b1bde/lib/build.gradle#L40-L41? The publishing plugin does set these up automatically and I think something might be conflicting there.

[drernie]

That seems to have unblocked it! On to the next error :-0 Thanks.