Active profile ignored by maven-release-plugin in multi-module build

Question

I have a multi-module maven build that requires a profile to be activated only on demand using the -P flag. But for some reason it is being ignored when doing a release using the maven-release-plugin.

The following command line activates the profile correctly and disables the activeByDefault profile:

mvn clean deploy -Poracle

But when doing a release with the following command:

mvn help:active-profiles release:clean release:prepare release:perform -Poracle

...the profile is reported as being active by the active-profiles output but in fact only the activeByDefault profile is enabled.

Is this the expected behaviour or am I missing some maven magic?

Answer 1

Problem solved. Profiles must be specified as a configuration parameter to the plugin.