title: Maven assembly-plugin "group id '1377585961' is too big" error
body: <p>I'm trying to understand why only one (new) MacBookPro in our dev-team, running OS-X 10.10.5, is having a problem completing the Assemble phase of a Project that no other MacBook on the project is having. I'm wondering if anyone else run into this contradictory phenomenon, and does anyone have an explanation for it?</p>
  
  <p>This is the error we get:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-assembly- plugin:2.5.5:single (attachConfig) on project cmr-impl: Execution attachConfig of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-assembly-plugin:2.5.5:single failed: group id '1377585961' is too big ( &gt; 2097151 ). Use STAR or POSIX extensions to overcome this limit -&gt; [Help 1]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So yes, I <em>know</em> that if I use the <code>&lt;tarLongFileMode&gt;posix&lt;tarLongFileMode&gt;</code> mode in the POM the problem goes away. However, this is <em>not</em> required on any of the other MacBooks running the same version of Java and Maven, so it's not really the correct 'answer'. The only difference I can find is that my colleagues are all running OS-X 10.9.x, but I can't find a justification that this is in any way relevant.</p>
  
  <p>To rule out a bad Maven library download or bad plug-ins, I deleted the entire <code>.m2/repository</code> directory and its contents (two or three times), as well as the <code>apache-maven-3.3.3</code> install, replacing it with first 3.2.1, then 3.1.1, and then 2.5, and finally 3.0.4. Doesn't clear it.</p>
  
  <p>FYI, this is NOT related to an IDE. This is all command line "mvn -X clean install".</p>
  
  <p>Please don't just tell me to use the <code>&lt;tarLongFileMode&gt;posix&lt;tarLongFileMode&gt;</code> - like I said, that's known, and it doesn't explain why the Assembly phase is behaving so irrationally from one MacBook to the other.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance.</p>
  
  <p>This is the Java version info:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ java -version
  java version "1.8.0_45"
  Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_45-b14)
  Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.45-b02, mixed mode)
  
  $ mvn -version
  Apache Maven 3.0.4 (r1232337; 2012-01-17 03:44:56-0500)
  Maven home: /usr/local/apache-maven-3.0.4
  Java version: 1.8.0_45, vendor: Oracle Corporation
  Java home: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/jre
  Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
  OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.10.5", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is the full error stack:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-assembly-plugin:2.5.5:single (attachConfig) on project cmr-impl: Execution attachConfig of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-assembly-plugin:2.5.5:single failed: group id '1377585961' is too big ( &gt; 2097151 ). Use STAR or POSIX extensions to overcome this limit -&gt; [Help 1]
  org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-assembly-plugin:2.5.5:single (attachConfig) on project cmr-impl: Execution attachConfig of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-assembly-plugin:2.5.5:single failed: group id '1377585961' is too big ( &gt; 2097151 ). Use STAR or POSIX extensions to overcome this limit
      at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:225)
      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:497)
      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)
  Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginExecutionException: Execution attachConfig of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-assembly-plugin:2.5.5:single failed: group id '1377585961' is too big ( &gt; 2097151 ). Use STAR or POSIX extensions to overcome this limit
      at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:110)
      at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:209)
      ... 19 more
  Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: group id '1377585961' is too big ( &gt; 2097151 ). Use STAR or POSIX extensions to overcome this limit
      at org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.commonscompress.archivers.tar.TarArchiveOutputStream.failForBigNumber(TarArchiveOutputStream.java:635)
      at org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.commonscompress.archivers.tar.TarArchiveOutputStream.failForBigNumberWithPosixMessage(TarArchiveOutputStream.java:630)
      at org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.commonscompress.archivers.tar.TarArchiveOutputStream.failForBigNumbers(TarArchiveOutputStream.java:613)
      at org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.commonscompress.archivers.tar.TarArchiveOutputStream.putArchiveEntry(TarArchiveOutputStream.java:290)
      at org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.tar.TarArchiver.tarFile(TarArchiver.java:330)
      at org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.tar.TarArchiver.execute(TarArchiver.java:189)
      at org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.AbstractArchiver.createArchive(AbstractArchiver.java:1039)
      at org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.archive.archiver.AssemblyProxyArchiver.createArchive(AssemblyProxyArchiver.java:437)
      at org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.archive.DefaultAssemblyArchiver.createArchive(DefaultAssemblyArchiver.java:181)
      at org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.mojos.AbstractAssemblyMojo.execute(AbstractAssemblyMojo.java:484)
      at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:101)
      ... 20 more
  [ERROR] 
  [ERROR] 
  [ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
  [ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginExecutionException
  [ERROR] 
  [ERROR] After correcting the problems, you can resume the build with the command
  [ERROR]   mvn &lt;goals&gt; -rf :cmr-impl
  </code></pre>