org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.codehaus.mojo:hibernate3-maven-plugin:2.2:hbm2ddl (create-schema) on project incident-service:
   Execution create-schema of goal org.codehaus.mojo:hibernate3-maven-plugin:2.2:hbm2ddl failed:
    Could not parse configuration: file:/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/IncidentService/workspace/target/classes/hibernate.cfg.xml

Except, there were no changes to the code; nothing changed in this file, and it’s been working fine for about a month or two. The environment the build server is on changed however. It cannot get to certain parts of the internet:

jenkins@hudson1:~$ wget http://www.hibernate.org/dtd/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd
--2011-10-10 10:48:06--  http://www.hibernate.org/dtd/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd
Resolving www.hibernate.org... 209.132.182.21
Connecting to www.hibernate.org|209.132.182.21|:80... failed: Connection timed out.
Retrying.

It’s not actually able to get to the internet to validate the DTD within that hibernate.cfg.xml file. This should not break our build. It was a source of much frustration for about 4 hours of the day. Various hibernate forums were of limited help.

Apparently it should get it from the jar, rather than the internet, if the jar is available on the class path and the DTD matches. First our DTD was incorrect. Rectified that, and yet it still tried to get it off the internet. WTF?

Turns out the hibernate3-maven-plugin doesn’t include any hibernate jars when it executes.

Solution is to duplicate the necessary hibernate dependencies for the plugin to have the necessary DTD data available:

<dependencies>
  <!--
    Need to include the following hibernate dependencies so that it can find the DTD
    without having to get it off the internet.
  -->
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
    <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
    <version>${hibernate.version}</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
    <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
    <version>4.0.0.GA</version>
    <exclusions>
      <exclusion>
        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
        <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
      </exclusion>
    </exclusions>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
     <groupId>org.hibernate.javax.persistence</groupId>
     <artifactId>hibernate-jpa-2.0-api</artifactId>
     <version>1.0.0.Final</version>
  </dependency>
</dependencies>

So some context: This is to support preventing the hibernate3-maven-plugin from going to the internet to get the DTD every time it parses that hibernate.cfg.xml file. There’s no data in this file, only a shell of a hibernate.cfg.xml; just enough of a placeholder to keep the hbm2ddl Goal from failing, as we’ll eventually have it build DDL for us.

Content:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE hibernate-configuration PUBLIC
    "-//Hibernate/Hibernate Configuration DTD 3.0//EN"
    "http://www.hibernate.org/dtd/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd">

<hibernate-configuration>

    <session-factory>
        <!-- specify annotated classes here, because the hbm2ddl plugin isn't capable of searching for them :( -->
    </session-factory>

</hibernate-configuration>

Quite an irritating error for something that seems to actually do nothing. Apparently it does. Stupid XML

Instead, it’s simply “not due for delivery,” and so you keep it. I wish I’d checked before I left work, then I could’ve gone and picked it up, because you’re too lazy to get it to my house today.

If you weren’t better than UPS at smashing boxes for me, I’d have shipped it UPS, and they’d have delivered it a day early.

I’ve been working on building MaraDNS 2.0 RPMs for Fedora 13 and 14, but I don’t know the RPM SPEC structure very well. The 2.0 version of MaraDNS has separated the authoritative resolver from the recursive resolver, which is wise. But it means I need to build a spec file that produces two RPMs. I suppose I could build a separate spec file for each one, but that doesn’t seem like the right way to do things.

So yeah, unimpressed.

It is just about impossible to find hard copies of references or tech books.  I know that the internet is a widely available source, but sometimes you just have to have the paper copies of things. Especially when it comes to older languages like C. ANSI C. Not C#. Not Visual C.net. Not C++. Searching the internet for ANSI C tutorials (or help or examples or whatever) doesn’t net very much. (OMG PUN)

So I looked up a couple books based on reccomendations. There’s an 840 page ‘For Dummies’ book that is supposed to be quite good regarding getting into ANSI C especially coming from other languages. And then a C Reference book that would be useful. Especially when getting into the more in-depth usage of C (since there’s no “javadoc” for the C libraries online, at least that I’ve been able to find.) Of course these are only available in one store up in Austin. Even the library doesn’t know anything about these books.

San Antonio only exists for the Spurs, the Alamo, and the Riverwalk. Oh and the Government/Military and the Medical Center. If you’re not employed in one of those things, you might be mowing the grass (and then blowing the trimmings out into the street for someone else to deal with!!! [but that's a rant for another time])

San Antonio Sucks.

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*sigh*

WordPress does almost everything well. Except pasting code. It can’t handle that #include<stdlib.h> is not an HTMLs.

So I need a blag that doesn’t suck at handling code. Searching the intertubes for source code blog doesn’t get me very far…

As it appears, joomla has poor user control. There’s no granulation. So the website I’m working on for my corporation in Eve Online isn’t going to work in joomla. Mostly I need something simple to manage content. A Content Management System as it were. Joomla isn’t going to cut it. It’ll do for now, until I can find something else to manage the content.

My requirements aren’t horrible.

• Blogging type stuff – to allow corp members, who feel so inclined to post articles about their excapades
• News type stuff -  to allow the corporation to post news entries for things that happen corp wide
• Calendar type thinger – to allow the corporation to post events and/or due dates. I think this is probably very important because we need to be able to have deadlines posted somewhere easy for everyone to access. Helping to ensure that we don’t default on any corporation contracts.
• Static Document management – To hold things like the Corporate bylaws (once I figure out how to write bylaws) and other official corporate documents
• User management – I need at least the ability to moderate users to the site. And then a bit of permissions management within the site, so that not everyone can create events, post news, or muck with the corporate documents.

So the requirements for the site aren’t too strenuous, but joomla fails miserably regarding the user management. Which pretty much breaks the entire thing.

Drupal might do it, but I’ve read that drupal is quite complex. I don’t particularly want to roll my own CMS, as there’s already plenty out there, and my goal isn’t to build a CMS, the goal is to build the content, which is going to be difficult enough.

The problem here is not that this was all done in a panic. The problem is not that there are evil people. There will always be evil people. The problem is not that it doesn’t have enough oversight.

The problem is that it was done at all. This money is going to be poorly managed compared to someone’s hard earned dollars. There’s no cost to these polititcians spending this money. They don’t care how the money is spent, only that it results in their being reelected next time.

The thing is, no one even considered the consequences of this stimulus. Well, no one in the federal government.

We THE PEOPLE should be very angry. We should be making this anger known to the Federal Government. They need to know that we don’t like what they’re doing. And if you do like what they’re doing, keep in mind that there’s no such thing as a free lunch. What seems good for you right now comes at what cost to others? When does that cost come around to you?

Yeah, lets stifle an already struggling economy by “solving” “global warming” by taxing the hell out of our staple food item.

This is probably not going to result in anything but people using more soy to make their products cheaper. This has a significant impact to me, being allergic to soy. Via this legislation we’ll end up making all of our meat products crappier. People aren’t going to want to pay more to “solve” the “global warming” “problem” (I apologize for the excessive use of quotations.) Global warming simply hasn’t been proven well enough to enough people for this to be necessary. Not to mention that there have been cows farting up a storm for a whole lot longer than the global warming thing appeared. I hardly think this tax is going to do anything for this. </rant>

That is spectacular! If my budget at home had this kind of deficit, I wouldn’t be able to eat, much less help anyone else.

The only solution to this is smaller government. A dramatic reduction of government programs is needed. Shut down vast government bureaucracies, and make it cheaper for government to operate.

This country will cease to exist with a continuing deficit like this.