--- explanation_of_hosting: > This package should be included with Scientific Linux as maven has become the standard way java programs are packaged. It is a good candidate for EPEL (BZ-1106574), but as a Scientific Linux developer, I am simply putting it in SL contrib in the hopes that someone else will get this into EPEL for the greater community to enjoy. release_description: > These are the maven tools from RHEL7, modified slightly to allow for use on SL6. I do not expect to publish further updates to these packages. They conflict/obsolete/remove integrated and maintained packages from the SL6 base. To get the maven Provides/Requires you must --define '_use_internal_dependency_generator 0' --define '__find_provides %{_rpmconfigdir}/javapackages-provides-wrapper' --define '__find_requires %{_rpmconfigdir}/javapackages-requires-wrapper' alias rpmbuild="/usr/bin/rpmbuild --define '_use_internal_dependency_generator 0' --define '__find_provides %{_rpmconfigdir}/javapackages-provides-wrapper' --define '__find_requires %{_rpmconfigdir}/javapackages-requires-wrapper' " Nothing does this for you automatically.