Unable to release project using distributed build if <scm> is not configured in the project's pom

2009-08-11 12:31:51,096 [Thread-17] ERROR taskQueueExecutor#prepare-release  - Error executing task
edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 77
	at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.getResult(FutureTask.java:299)
	at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:118)
	at org.codehaus.plexus.taskqueue.execution.ThreadedTaskQueueExecutor$ExecutorRunnable.waitForTask(ThreadedTaskQueueExecutor.java:159)
	at org.codehaus.plexus.taskqueue.execution.ThreadedTaskQueueExecutor$ExecutorRunnable.run(ThreadedTaskQueueExecutor.java:127)
Caused by: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 77
	at org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.RewritePomsForReleasePhase.translateUrlPath(RewritePomsForReleasePhase.java:249)
	at org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.RewritePomsForReleasePhase.translateScm(RewritePomsForReleasePhase.java:124)
	at org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.RewritePomsForReleasePhase.transformScm(RewritePomsForReleasePhase.java:79)
	at org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.AbstractRewritePomsPhase.transformDocument(AbstractRewritePomsPhase.java:271)
	at org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.AbstractRewritePomsPhase.transformProject(AbstractRewritePomsPhase.java:180)
	at org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.AbstractRewritePomsPhase.transform(AbstractRewritePomsPhase.java:116)
	at org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.AbstractRewritePomsPhase.execute(AbstractRewritePomsPhase.java:99)
	at org.apache.maven.shared.release.DefaultReleaseManager.prepare(DefaultReleaseManager.java:194)
	at org.apache.maven.shared.release.DefaultReleaseManager.prepareWithResult(DefaultReleaseManager.java:107)
	at org.apache.maven.continuum.release.executors.PrepareReleaseTaskExecutor.execute(PrepareReleaseTaskExecutor.java:44)
	at org.apache.maven.continuum.release.executors.AbstractReleaseTaskExecutor.executeTask(AbstractReleaseTaskExecutor.java:68)
	at org.codehaus.plexus.taskqueue.execution.ThreadedTaskQueueExecutor$ExecutorRunnable$1.run(ThreadedTaskQueueExecutor.java:116)
	at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:442)
	at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:176)
	at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:987)
	at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:528)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)