linux maven vs mac maven - linux

Question

we are working in a multi-module maven project in both Linux machine and Mac machine with the same pom.xml, and we run the below command in offline mode
mvn install antrun:run -o
The problem is maven downloads a different version of plugins for the same pom.xml file. The difference is listed here comparison of Mac and Linux machine plugin jars
We did not specify the version of plugins in pom.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.test</groupId>
<artifactId>Testing</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.1</version>
<inherited>false</inherited>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>Test</id>
<phase>install</phase>
<goals>
<goal>install-file</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<groupId>test.mac_linux</groupId>
<artifactId>Test</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<file>${home_dir}/Downloads/jackson-databind-2.4.4.jar</file>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<generatePom>true</generatePom>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.7</version>
<configuration>
<phase>install</phase>
<target>
<zip destfile="${home_dir}/linux_mac_testing_maven/Testing_mac.zip">
<fileset dir="${home_dir}/.m2/repository/" includes="**/*" />
</zip>
</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy-resources-WEB_INF</id>
<phase>validate</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-resources</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>${home_dir}/linux_mac_testing_maven/Resources/</outputDirectory>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>${home_dir}/CustomReport_files/</directory>
<includes>
<include>**.*</include>
</includes>
</resource>
</resources>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
does anybody know why maven differs its characteristics when subjected to a different operating system?

Answer 1

You mention in https://jira.apache.org/jira/projects/MNG/issues/MNG-6470 you are using different versions of Maven (3.5 on Mac and 3.3.9 on Linux). Please update both to latest (3.5.4) and then compare results.