How to compile C++ code with Maven?

Alternative 1: Use exec-maven-plugin to call a make script.

Alternative 2: Use native-maven-plugin to call the compiler directly.

TODO Paste pom examples

How to package C++ code as rpm?

1. Compile the code for the appropriate architecture(s). (See above)
2. Deploy the artifact to a repository manager. (currently not working, todo add ref to jira)
3. Use unix-maven-plugin to create the rpm. TODO: pom example

How to make the output of a shell command available to Maven?

If you cannot use any of the predefined properties mentioned in Java System Properties or Codehaus Maven Properties Guide , you might need to extract the information yourself. The following example shows how to fetch the version number of a linux distribution from /etc/issue:

• Example: How to make the output of a shell command available to Maven?

TODO: This should probably be supported in a plugin. Which? Should update with reference to jira issue.

Running Jetty

Early versions of the Maven Jetty plugin was named maven-jetty-plugin, and would run as expected, e.g.
>mvn jetty:run
its pom.xml:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-jetty-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>6.0.2</version>
</plugin>

Later versions (from 7) changed the plugin's name to conform to Maven convention, into jetty-maven-plugin, but now the expected 'mvn jetty:run' will not run!
The documentation explains the use of <pluginGroups>, in effect similar to prefixing the run with the groupid and complete plugin name:
>mvn org.mortbay.jetty:jetty-maven-plugin:run
Its pom.xml

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
    <artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>7.0.0.pre5</version>
</plugin>