gen-list hanging with external xref missing scope

[annje...@gmail.com]

Hi,

The following  code

     <xref href="https://www.ups.com/"/>

results in the gen-list step in pre-processing to hang with following in output

 

 [gen-list] file:/Local/my_concept.dita:11:48: [DOTJ036W][WARN] The file "https://www.ups.com/" is outside the scope of the input dita/map directory.

 [gen-list] Processing https://www.ups.com/

 

This doesn't happen with other xrefs missing scope e.g. 

<xref href="https://www.google.com/"></xref>

which results in gen-list output

 [gen-list] file:/Local/my_concept.dita:11:51: [DOTJ036W][WARN] The file "https://www.google.com/" is outside the scope of the input dita/map directory.

 [gen-list] Processing https://www.google.com/

 [gen-list] [DOTJ013E][ERROR] Failed to parse the referenced file 'https://www.google.com/'.: https://www.google.com/ Line 1:The markup in the document preceding the root element must be well-formed.

 [gen-list] Serializing job specification

and then continues to completion of successful build.

Does anyone know why this is breaking the pre-processor?

Any advice appreciated,

Regards,

Ann