mvn versions:set fails with older versions of mvn after 2.14.0

[vamsikul]

Was expecting Behavior similar to version 2.13.0 , but it seems to fail after version 2.14.0+ , Wondering if there is an option to fix this?

Expected:
[..]$ mvn org.codehaus.mojo:versions-maven-plugin:2.13.0:set -DnewVersion=1.2.3 | grep ERROR | head -1
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.codehaus.mojo:versions-maven-plugin:2.13.0:set (default-cli) on project flow-project: The plugin org.codehaus.mojo:versions-maven-plugin:2.13.0 requires Maven version 3.2.5 -> [Help 1]
Actual:
[..]$mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=1.2.3 | grep ERROR | head -1
Dec 19, 2022 10:04:54 AM org.sonatype.guice.bean.reflect.Logs$JULSink warn
WARNING: Error injecting: org.codehaus.mojo.versions.SetMojo
com.google.inject.ConfigurationException: Guice configuration errors:

1. Could not find a suitable constructor in org.codehaus.mojo.versions.SetMojo. Classes must have either one (and only one) constructor annotated with @Inject or a zero-argument constructor that is not private.
   at org.codehaus.mojo.versions.SetMojo.class(Unknown Source)
   while locating org.codehaus.mojo.versions.SetMojo
   1 error
   at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl.getProvider(InjectorImpl.java:991)
   at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl.getProvider(InjectorImpl.java:950)
   at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl.getInstance(InjectorImpl.java:1000)
   at org.sonatype.guice.bean.reflect.AbstractDeferredClass.get(AbstractDeferredClass.java:45)
   at com.google.inject.internal.ProviderInternalFactory.provision(ProviderInternalFactory.java:84)
   at com.google.inject.internal.InternalFactoryToInitializableAdapter.provision(InternalFactoryToInitializableAdapter.java:52)
   at com.google.inject.internal.ProviderInternalFactory$1.call(ProviderInternalFactory.java:70)
   at com.google.inject.internal.ProvisionListenerStackCallback$Provision.provision(ProvisionListenerStackCallback.java:100)
   at org.sonatype.guice.plexus.lifecycles.PlexusLifecycleManager.onProvision(PlexusLifecycleManager.java:138)
   at com.google.inject.internal.ProvisionListenerStackCallback$Provision.provision(ProvisionListenerStackCallback.java:108)
   at com.google.inject.internal.ProvisionListenerStackCallback.provision(ProvisionListenerStackCallback.java:55)
   at com.google.inject.internal.ProviderInternalFactory.circularGet(ProviderInternalFactory.java:68)
   at com.google.inject.internal.InternalFactoryToInitializableAdapter.get(InternalFactoryToInitializableAdapter.java:45)
   at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl$3$1.call(InjectorImpl.java:965)
   at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl.callInContext(InjectorImpl.java:1011)
   at com.google.inject.internal.InjectorImpl$3.get(InjectorImpl.java:961)
   at com.google.inject.Scopes$1$1.get(Scopes.java:59)
   at org.sonatype.guice.bean.locators.LazyBeanEntry.getValue(LazyBeanEntry.java:83)
   at org.sonatype.guice.plexus.locators.LazyPlexusBean.getValue(LazyPlexusBean.java:49)
   at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:253)
   at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:245)
   at org.apache.maven.plugin.internal.DefaultMavenPluginManager.getConfiguredMojo(DefaultMavenPluginManager.java:455)
   at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:92)
   at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:209)
   at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153)
   at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145)
   at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:84)
   at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:59)
   at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.singleThreadedBuild(LifecycleStarter.java:183)
   at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:161)
   at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:320)
   at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:156)
   at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:537)
   at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:196)
   at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:141)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
   at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
   at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:290)
   at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:230)
   at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:409)
   at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:352)

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.codehaus.mojo:versions-maven-plugin:2.14.1:set (default-cli) on project flow-project: Execution default-cli of goal org.codehaus.mojo:versions-maven-plugin:2.14.1:set failed: Unable to load the mojo 'set' (or one of its required components) from the plugin 'org.codehaus.mojo:versions-maven-plugin:2.14.1': com.google.inject.ProvisionException: Guice provision errors:
mvn -version
Apache Maven 3.0.5 (r01de14724cdef164cd33c7c8c2fe155faf9602da; 2013-02-19 08:51:28-0500)
Maven home: /home/jenkins/binaries/apache-maven3.0.5
Java version: 1.8.0_282, vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Java home: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.282.b08-1.el7_9.x86_64/jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "linux", version: "3.10.0-1160.80.1.el7.x86_64", arch: "amd64", family: "unix"

[andrzejj0]

Yes, it's been long stated in the documentation that the minimum version of Maven is 3.2.5. We don't support older versions.

[vamsikul]

Any chance we could get the dependency fixed in, so we can continue using mvn versions:set without explicitly updating dependencies like below on our legacy scripts.(which were working fine until 2.14.0)
[..]$ mvn org.codehaus.mojo:versions-maven-plugin:2.11.0:set -DnewVersion=1.2.3 | grep ERROR | head -1
[..]$

[andrzejj0]

@vamsikul do you mean dropping the dependency on Maven 3.2.5?

[vamsikul]

Having the dependency error show up if we are not using mvn 3.2.5+

[andrzejj0]

@slawekjaranowski I think we should detect the Maven version and throw an exception with a more explicit message if it's lower than the required version. -> #866

[andrzejj0]

Fixed by #867

@slachiewicz @slawekjaranowski

[slawekjaranowski]

I assume that information was provided and fix done.
So I close it.