--- maven2-plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/dependency/AbstractDependencyMojo.java.sav	2007-10-16 10:25:00.000000000 -0400
+++ maven2-plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/dependency/AbstractDependencyMojo.java	2007-10-16 10:26:27.000000000 -0400
@@ -241,6 +241,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractDependency
             throw new MojoExecutionException( "Error unpacking file: " + file + " to: " + location + "\r\n"
                 + e.toString(), e );
         }
+        catch ( IOException ioe )
+        {   
+            throw new MojoExecutionException( "I/O exception when unpacking file: " + file, ioe );
+        }
+
     }
 
     private void silenceUnarchiver( UnArchiver unArchiver )
--- maven2-plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/assembly/utils/AssemblyFileUtils.java.sav	2007-10-16 10:23:42.000000000 -0400
+++ maven2-plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/assembly/utils/AssemblyFileUtils.java	2007-10-16 10:26:51.000000000 -0400
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ public final class AssemblyFileUtils
         {
             throw new ArchiveExpansionException( "Error unpacking file: " + source + "to: " + destDir, e );
         }
+        catch ( IOException ioe )
+        {   
+            throw new ArchiveExpansionException( "I/O exception when unpacking file: " + source, ioe );
+        }
+
     }
 
     /**