PI88924: "REMOTE CATALOG IS EMPTY" ERROR WHEN ADDING A REMOTE ARCHETYPE CATALOG USING MAVEN TOOLS IN RAD 9.1.1 USING HTTPS

Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software Fix Pack (9.6.1.1) for 9.6.1
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Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software Fix Pack (9.5.0.4) for 9.5.0
Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software Fix Pack (9.5.0.5) for 9.5.0

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• You may encounter a "Remote catalog is empty" error when
  attempting to add a remote Maven archetype catalog under RAD
  Maven > Archetypes preferences.
  
  Steps to reproduce:
  1. Navigate to Window > Preferences > Maven > Archetypes;
  2. Click on "Add Remote Catalog" - specify, for example,
  https://public.dhe.ibm.com/ibmdl/export/pub/software/websphere/w
  asdev/maven/repository/archetype-catalog.xml
  3. Click 'Verify'.
  
  Expected results: the number of archetypes in the catalog should
  be shown in a message at the type of the dialog;
  Actual results: a  message "Remote catalog is empty" is
  displayed.
  
  
  The issue here stems from a known Eclipse Maven m2e bug -
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=515859.
  

Local fix

• As a workaround, you can:
  1) Try using HTTP, instead of HTTPS;
  2) Download the catalog file to a local directory and then add
  as a local catalog instead of a remote catalog.
  

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Rational Application Developer users                         *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * """REMOTE CATALOG IS EMPTY"" ERROR WHEN ADDING A REMOTE      *
  * ARCHETYPE                                                    *
  * CATALOG USING MAVEN TOOLS IN RAD 9.1.1 USING HTTPS"          *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• Updated Mavens to the latest release that supports 9.1.1.4.
  This issue seems resolved with the Maven updates.  But there's
  another general issue - when you connect to the Maven repository
  with the https connections, RAD 9.1.1.x has an issue.  If an
  user uses the http connection, it works.  There's no fix for the
  general issue.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RATL APP DEV WI

• Fixed component ID

  5724J1901

Applicable component levels

• R911 PSY

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