Null ptr exception displayed when settings.xml file is selected. exception trace below.
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          Key: MECLIPSE-497
          URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MECLIPSE-497
        Project: Maven 2.x Eclipse Plugin
      Issue Type: Bug
      Components: Core : Dependencies resolution and build path
     Environment: Eclipse 3.3
       Reporter: Suresh



- select the attached settings.xml file in
Windows->preferences->Maven->installatons window
- index update begins. After a few minutes, a 1-line exception is displayed:
An internal error occurred during: "Updating indexes".
java.lang.NullPointerException

Error View window displays the following:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at
org.sonatype.nexus.index.context.DefaultIndexingContext.deleteIndexFiles(DefaultIndexingContext.java:262)
at
org.sonatype.nexus.index.context.DefaultIndexingContext.replace(DefaultIndexingContext.java:418)
at
org.sonatype.nexus.index.updater.DefaultIndexUpdater$1.invoke(DefaultIndexUpdater.java:95)
at
org.sonatype.nexus.index.updater.DefaultIndexUpdater.run(DefaultIndexUpdater.java:169)
at
org.sonatype.nexus.index.updater.DefaultIndexUpdater.fetchAndUpdateIndex(DefaultIndexUpdater.java:63)
at
org.maven.ide.eclipse.internal.index.NexusIndexManager.fetchAndUpdateIndex(NexusIndexManager.java:489)
at
org.maven.ide.eclipse.index.IndexManager$UpdateCommand.run(IndexManager.java:415)
at
org.maven.ide.eclipse.index.IndexManager$IndexUpdaterJob.run(IndexManager.java:532)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run (Worker.java:55)


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