Maven Proxy settings.xml ignored

Question

Maybe someone can help me with the following Problem:

I have declared a proxy in M as described at maven - Configuring a proxy.

For some reason th

Answer 1

When settings.xml is ignored, I tend to check first if the environment variable M2_HOME:

• exists in the current shell session
• refers to the parent directory of said settings.xml

mglauche comments:

M2_HOME should specify the system settings.xml to use.
You still have your user settings in ${home}/.m2/settings.xml, which should overwrite anything in the system settings.

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For Maven Eclipse, as mglauche mentions in the comments, specify the full path in the maven preferences: