--- maven-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/runtime/XMLMavenRuntimeVisitor.java.orig	2009-11-02 23:05:33.000000000 +0800
+++ maven-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/runtime/XMLMavenRuntimeVisitor.java	2010-09-14 17:15:47.622372781 +0800
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@
         {
             throw new MavenRuntimeException( "Cannot sort projects", exception );
         }
+	catch (Exception exception )
+        {
+            throw new MavenRuntimeException( "Cannot sort projects", exception );
+        }
     }
 
     // private methods --------------------------------------------------------