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Maven - Unable to resolve maven dependency locally for version range

I am trying to compile a Maven project named web-server which is dependent on search-client within the specified dependency version range [2.0,3.0). The compile fails however due to a "No versions available for > com.test.search:search-client:jar:[2.0,3.0) within specified range" in the repository.
These are the steps I am following:
Make my changes and build search-client locally
This builds a 2.0-SNAPSHOT jar for this client pom in my local m2 repository.
Try to build web-server which is dependent on the above
This does not compile giving the following error:
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal on project common: Could not resolve
dependencies for project com.test.web:common:jar:2.0-SNAPSHOT: Failed
to collect dependencies at
com.test.search:search-client:jar:[2.0,3.0): No versions available for
com.test.search:search-client:jar:[2.0,3.0) within specified range ->
[Help 1]
Web Server POM:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<artifactId>web-parent</artifactId>
<groupId>com.test.web</groupId>
<version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
<artifactId>common</artifactId>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<properties>
<kotlin.version>1.3.61</kotlin.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.test.search</groupId>
<artifactId>search-client</artifactId>
<version>[2.0,3.0)</version>
</dependency>
.
.
.
//Many More Dependencies
</dependencies>
<build>
<sourceDirectory>src/main/kotlin</sourceDirectory>
<testSourceDirectory>src/test/kotlin</testSourceDirectory>
<!--<testSourceDirectory>src/test/kotlin</testSourceDirectory>-->
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
<artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${kotlin.version}</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>compile</id>
<phase>compile</phase>
<goals>
<goal>compile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>test-compile</id>
<phase>test-compile</phase>
<goals>
<goal>test-compile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<jvmTarget>1.8</jvmTarget>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<reporting>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</reporting>
</project>
search-client POM:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<parent>
<artifactId>search-parent</artifactId>
<groupId>com.test.search</groupId>
<version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<artifactId>search-client</artifactId>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>test Search Client</name>
<dependencies>
<!-- test Search -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.test.search</groupId>
<artifactId>search-api</artifactId>
<version>${project.parent.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- test -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.test.common</groupId>
<artifactId>common-client</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- Languages & Frameworks -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
<artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- Utils -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- Testing -->
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
<artifactId>kotlin-test-junit</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- Codecs -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-module-kotlin</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.xolstice.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>protobuf-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
Does 2.0-SNAPSHOT not lie in [2.0,3.0)? I have been strictly asked not to increase the version. Also, how can I go about local development in such maven dependency design?
Please help, I am stuck!
Many thanks in advance :)

According to POM Reference, Version Order Specification:
"1-snapshot" < "1" < "1-sp" (qualifier padding)
2.0-SNAPSHOT is less than 2.0, which always was in Maven: snapshot versions are the pre-versions of the next release version.
So, no, 2.0-SNAPSHOT does not lie in [2.0,3.0) (2.0 <= x < 3.0). (1,3.0) (1 < x < 3.0) should do it.
And, there's a typo in your Web Server POM:
<version>_____3,0)</version>

Failed to copy file for artifact error using mvn at google cloud

I am experiencing an error when trying to build an application using maven at a bitnami google cloud image. The build works fine when I deploy it at windows. Do you have an idea what can be?
In the below image I deleted the javax.faces to confirm maven tracks its dependency, but still, it issues an error just after that.
Any help would be appreciated.
image: maven tracks dependency but generates an error message
<project
xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>Armentano</groupId>
<artifactId>gp2pl</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<name>POC #1</name>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.7</version>
<configuration>
<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>jvnet-nexus-releases</id>
<name>jvnet-nexus-releasees</name>
<url>https://maven.java.net/content/repositories/releases</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
<!-- Java Server Faces -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax</groupId>
<artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId>
<version>7.0</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.faces</artifactId>
<version>2.2.10</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Hibernate -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
<version>4.3.4.Final</version>
</dependency>
<!-- MySQL -->
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>8.0.12</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>

You can try two thinks to fix this issue.
1.- Follow the steps to configure maven according GCP in the link[1], in case you don’t have it how GCP recommets.
2.- Use a higher version of “org.apache.maven.plugins” as you can see next:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.0</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
Or check the apache mavens pŕoject settings[2]
[1]https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/standard/java/tools/maven#setting_up_maven
[2]https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/examples/set-compiler-source-and-target.html

Exclude transitive dependency from maven plugin

I am having a situation where two jars of different versions of apache-commons-lang3 are being packaged in my application WAR even when a single version v3.4 is mentioned in my dependencyManagement.
link.
I explored a little and figured out the wrong jar i.e., v3.1 is coming from maven surefire plugin.
Now, I want to exclude apache-commons-lang3 jar that is coming from maven surefire plugin. However, I tried many ways to force surefire to take the latest jar and bring in v3.4 but I am not able to do so.
Does there exist a way to do the above? That is, exclude a transient jar coming from a maven plugin?
I am trying to build this pom but still it is downloading v3.1.
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>bhatinik</groupId>
<artifactId>test</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>test</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<apache.commons.lang3.version>3.4</apache.commons.lang3.version>
<maven.surefire.plugin.version>2.19.1</maven.surefire.plugin.version>
</properties>
<build>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
<version>${apache.commons.lang3.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${maven.surefire.plugin.version}</version>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
<version>${apache.commons.lang3.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>unit-test</id>
<phase>test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>test</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<skip>false</skip>
<excludes>
<exclude>${module.test.excludes}</exclude>
<excludeArtifactIds>commons-lang3</excludeArtifactIds>
</excludes>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency> </dependencies>
</project>

Spring Boot application is not executable

I am migrating my old Spring setup to Spring Boot 1.5.1.RELEASE.
I'm failing to get an executable .jar, I followed countless examples but my jar fails to become an executable.
It's a multi-module setup so here is my parent pom.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.xyz</groupId>
<artifactId>xyz</artifactId>
<name>xyz</name>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.5.1.RELEASE</version>
</parent>
<properties>
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<commons.version>3.5</commons.version>
<guava.version>21.0</guava.version>
</properties>
<modules>
<module>mainApp</module>
<module>module1</module>
<module>module2</module>
..........
</modules>
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<!-- Spring boot -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- commons -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
<version>3.5</version>
</dependency>
<!-- google guava -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
<version>${guava.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Test -->
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
</project>
This is the pom of the mainApp, it is the module that has Application.java which holds main method.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<artifactId>xyz</artifactId>
<groupId>com.xyz</groupId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
</parent>
<artifactId>mainApp</artifactId>
<groupId>com.xyz.mainApp</groupId>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>mainApp</name>
<dependencies>
<!-- Spring Boot -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- Spring Security OAuth2-->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security.oauth</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-oauth2</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- xyz dependencies -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.xyz.module3</groupId>
<artifactId>module3</artifactId>
<version>${project.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.xyz.module2</groupId>
<artifactId>module2</artifactId>
<version>${project.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<executable>true</executable>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
<finalName>xyz</finalName>
</build>
</project>
Things that work:
So things work okay when I do mvn clean install in the folder of parent pom.xml and then run mvn spring-boot:run in the mainApp folder
Things that fail:
when I execute java -jar mainApp/target/xyz.jar I get an error like:
no main manifest attribute, in mainApp/target/xyz.jar
if I attempt to run the jar like ./mainApp/target/xyz.jar, well I can't as the file is not an executable, my macOS Sierra terminal shows this for file permissions:
-rw-r--r-- 1 userXYZ staff 37641156 Feb 1 13:14 xyz.jar
If I manually change the permissions to -rwxr--r-- and attempt to run the file I get this gibberish:
/xyz.jar: line 1: PK: command not found
./xyz.jar: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
./xyz.jar: line 2: ?iAJ META-INF?iAJMETA-INF/MANIFEST.MFu??J?0??y?y??,??nW*???Jb3?F?LI?????qa?n?3???)Mp5&V????ñ^IQ?????ޱ?.#??`?$?{<??7?m6?j܀?W????'????γڎ9?>????RT?͡?V??
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The problem is not how the plugin is configured, but where the plugin is configured.
I have wrapped my plugins with <pluginManagement>, which was causing all the problems, when i removed it all was resolved and worked perfectly

update your build block in pom.xml with following, make sure you are using using Maven 3.2 (or better):
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.5.1.RELEASE</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>repackage</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>

the main class entry is missing in the jar manifesto.
Please modify the boot maven plugin as below:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<mainClass>${start-class}</mainClass>
<layout>ZIP</layout>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>repackage</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
Plugin info

Import maven project but parent module disabled

I would like to import this project in my ecplise workspace:
https://github.com/steinsag/gwt-maven-example
structure of the project is:
gwt-maven-example-master
pom.xml
server
pom.xml
...
shared
pom.xml
...
web
pom.xml
...
parent pom:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project
xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>de.hpfsc</groupId>
<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<modules>
<module>server</module>
<module>shared</module>
<module>web</module>
</modules>
<properties>
<gwtVersion>2.5.0</gwtVersion>
<webappDirectory>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}</webappDirectory>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<tomcat.webport>8082</tomcat.webport>
<tomcat.ajpport>8182</tomcat.ajpport>
<tomcat.context>/parent</tomcat.context>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
<artifactId>gwt-servlet</artifactId>
<version>${gwtVersion}</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
<artifactId>gwt-user</artifactId>
<version>${gwtVersion}</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.7</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
<artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0.GA</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
<artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0.GA</version>
<classifier>sources</classifier>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.0-rc2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.0</version>
<configuration>
<path>${tomcat.context}</path>
<port>${tomcat.webport}</port>
<ajpPort>${tomcat.ajpport}</ajpPort>
<systemProperties>
<JAVA_OPTS>-XX:MaxPermSize=256m</JAVA_OPTS>
</systemProperties>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
When I try to import the folder containing this pom into eclipse, it allows me to select the children folder but not the parent itself.
Why can't import the parent pom?
I've tried to create a parent folder, put the pom.xml inside and reference other modules using ../server and it doesn't work.
I've tried to remove the code related to the tomcat configuration from the parent pom and it doesn't work either.
Thanks

You'll need the m2e plugin installed (you may already have this depending on the version of eclipse). I guess at the moment you are doing "import" then "Existing Projects into Workspace", but instead you need to select "Existing Maven Projects". This will allow you to select the parent pom and also the child modules.