Skip exec-maven-plugin from Command Line Argument in Maven - maven

Question

By default in my project POM, exec-maven-plugin, rpm-maven-plugin will be executed,
which is not required in local compilation/build.
I want to skip these plugin execution by passing Command Line Arguments
I tried below command to skip them like normal plugins, but didn't work though!
mvn install -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dmaven.exec.skip=true
-Dmaven.rpm.skip=true

Answer 1

This page should tell you that the name of the argument to be passed by cmdline (i.e. the user property) is called skip, which is a poorly chosen name. To fix this do the following:
<properties>
<maven.exec.skip>false</maven.exec.skip> <!-- default -->
</properties>
...
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.3.2</version>
<configuration>
<skip>${maven.exec.skip}</skip>
</configuration>
</plugin>

Answer 2

Try -Dexec.skip from specification:
http://www.mojohaus.org/exec-maven-plugin/java-mojo.html#skip

Answer 3

Using profiles (as little as possible) and execution phase you may achieve what you want for plugins that do not handle the skip property:
Plugin configuration:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>rpm-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>${rpmPackagePhase}</phase>
<id>generate-rpm</id>
<goals>
<goal>rpm</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
...
</configuration>
</plugin>
Profile configuration:
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>default</id>
<activation>
<activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
</activation>
<properties>
<rpmPackagePhase>none</rpmPackagePhase>
</properties>
</profile>
<profile>
<id>rpmPackage</id>
<activation>
<property>
<name>rpm.package</name>
<value>true</value>
</property>
</activation>
<properties>
<rpmPackagePhase>package</rpmPackagePhase>
</properties>
</profile>
</profiles>
Invocation:
mvn package -Drpm.package=true [...]