How do I disable the maven-compiler-plugin?

Question

I have a maven project that uses the aspectj-compiler-plugin. I use intertype declarations so there are references to Aspect code in my Java code. Because of this, the mav

Answer 1

In Maven 3, the following will do this, for example disabling the clean plugin:

   
      
         
            maven-clean-plugin
            2.4.1
            
               
                  default-clean
                  none
               
            
         
      
   

The same technique can be used for any other plugin defined in the super-POM, the packaging type, or the parent POM. The key point is that you must copy the shown by help:effective-pom, and change the to an invalid value (e.g. "none"). If you don't have the (as e.g. in Jintian DENG's original answer – it has since been edited to add one), it will not work, as you have discovered.