Proposal to fix the build

Author: Stephan202

check_api/pom.xml

@@ -210,6 +210,22 @@
               <outputDirectory>${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/versions/24</outputDirectory>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <!-- This final no-op compilation step resets the output directory associated with this
+            module. This is important for Maven reactor builds that skip the `install` phase,
+            because in those the compilation of a module `B` happens with reference to the output
+            directory of a module `A` on which it depends. -->
+            <id>reset-output-directory</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>compile</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <compileSourceRoots>
+                <compileSourceRoot>${basedir}/nonexistent-directory</compileSourceRoot>
+              </compileSourceRoots>
+              <outputDirectory>${project.build.outputDirectory}</outputDirectory>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
         </executions>
 
       </plugin>