scalac error: bad option: ‘-make:transitive’ on mvn package via command line

I just removed <arg>-make:transitive</arg> from pom.xml and compilation worked.

Also you may need to add

<dependency>
<groupId>org.specs2</groupId>
<artifactId>specs2-junit_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
<version>2.4.16</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

to get test passed.