[MARTIFACT-31] ignore remote buildinfo for compare
it may have been generated with other plugin version, then would require
much harder comparison algorithm
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/artifact/buildinfo/ReferenceBuildinfoUtil.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/artifact/buildinfo/ReferenceBuildinfoUtil.java
index 1203922..00516af 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/artifact/buildinfo/ReferenceBuildinfoUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/artifact/buildinfo/ReferenceBuildinfoUtil.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
/**
- * Utility to download or generate reference buildinfo.
+ * Utility to download reference artifacts and download or generate reference buildinfo.
*/
class ReferenceBuildinfoUtil
{
@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@
{
File referenceBuildinfo = downloadReferenceBuildinfo( repo, project );
+ if ( referenceBuildinfo != null )
+ {
+ log.warn( "dropping downloaded reference buildinfo because it may be generated"
+ + " from different maven-artifact-plugin release..." );
+ // TODO keep a save?
+ referenceBuildinfo = null;
+ }
+
if ( referenceBuildinfo == null )
{
// download reference artifacts and guess Java version and OS
