Cannot compile "group id ... is too big"

[MitchK]

On git tag: 4.0.0-RC13

$ mvn -v
Apache Maven 3.3.9 (bb52d8502b132ec0a5a3f4c09453c07478323dc5; 2015-11-10T08:41:47-08:00)
Maven home: /usr/local/Cellar/maven/3.3.9/libexec
Java version: 1.8.0_73, vendor: Oracle Corporation
Java home: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_73.jdk/Contents/Home/jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.11.3", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac"

$ mvn clean install
...
[INFO] Che IDE :: Assemblies Tomcat ....................... FAILURE [ 24.881 s]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 09:04 min
[INFO] Finished at: 2016-03-10T12:45:30-08:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 89M/1265M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-assembly-plugin:2.6:single (make-assembly) on project assembly-main: Execution make-assembly of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-assembly-plugin:2.6:single failed: group id '1694527156' is too big ( > 2097151 ). Use STAR or POSIX extensions to overcome this limit -> [Help 1]
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[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 <goals> -rf :assembly-main

[TylerJewell]

This was a new issue that I hadn't seen before. It looks related to this issue.
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MASSEMBLY-728.

[TylerJewell]

Seems that a way to test a fix for this would be to add:
<tarLongFileMode>posix</tarLongFileMode> to the pom.xml at line 90. This changes the nature of how the tar packages are created. Can you try this and let us know? We may add it as a permanent fix.

[MitchK]

Yep, works locally! Do you think this will affect other platforms (Windows, Linux)?

[TylerJewell]

I tested it on Windows and it was ok. So seems harmless.

[MitchK]

Offtopic: I just ran Eclipse Che and seriously, it's awesome, I'm amazed! Great work with engineering this!

[TylerJewell]

That is great. Engineers love getting that sort of feedback.

[ghost]

I'll give it another shot on a Mac, but we regularly compile Che assembly on Macs and never ran into this sort of issue. Windows is OK too.