I upgraded to 2.2 of the assembly plugin, and still can't seem to get jars into my tar file.
here is an error I get now: [INFO] [jar:jar] [INFO] Building jar: C:\opt\tro\common\acegi\target\acegi-2.1.0.jar [INFO] [assembly:assembly] [INFO] Reading assembly descriptor: C:\opt\tro\src\main\resources\assembly- descriptor.xml [INFO] Processing DependencySet (output=/tomcat/webapps/WEB-INF/lib) [WARNING] The following patterns were never triggered in this artifact inclusion filter: o 'org.acegisecurity:acegi-security' o 'aopalliance:aopalliance' o 'aspectj:aspectj' o 'org.springframework:spring' o 'commons-lang:commons-lang-2.1' Here is my assembly descriptor: <!-- | Standard Assembly Desriptor | |--> <assembly> <!--<id>com.baselogic.project</id>--> <formats> <format>tar</format> </formats> <!--<moduleSets> <moduleSet> <includes> <include>org.delta.npi:ear</include> </includes> <binaries> <outputDirectory>project-ear/${artifactId}</outputDirectory> <includeDependencies>true</includeDependencies> <unpack>false</unpack> </binaries> </moduleSet> </moduleSets>--> <dependencySets> <dependencySet> <outputDirectory>/tomcat/webapps/WEB-INF/lib</outputDirectory> <outputFileNameMapping></outputFileNameMapping> <unpack>false</unpack> <includes> <include>org.acegisecurity:acegi-security</include> <include>aopalliance:aopalliance</include> <include>aspectj:aspectj</include> <include>org.springframework:spring</include> <include>commons-lang:commons-lang-2.1</include> <!--<include>aopalliance:aopalliance</include> <include>aopalliance:aopalliance</include>--> </includes> </dependencySet> </dependencySets> <fileSets> <fileSet> <directory>project-ear/target</directory> <outputDirectory></outputDirectory> <includes> <include>*.ear</include> </includes> <excludes> <exclude>xdocs/**</exclude> </excludes> </fileSet> <fileSet> <directory>${basedir}/src/main/resources/configs</directory> <outputDirectory></outputDirectory> <!--<fileMode>1</fileMode> <directoryMode>0</directoryMode>--> <includes> <include>**/*.*</include> </includes> <excludes> <exclude>assembly-descriptor.xml</exclude> </excludes> </fileSet> <fileSet> <directory>${basedir}/src/main/resources/tomcat/webapps</directory> <outputDirectory>/tomcat/webapps</outputDirectory> <!--<fileMode>1</fileMode> <directoryMode>0</directoryMode>--> <includes> <include>**/*.*</include> </includes> <excludes> <exclude>**/packages/modules/**</exclude> </excludes> </fileSet> </fileSets> </assembly> -- Thanks DJ MICK (Mick Knutson) http://www.djmick.com http://www.myspace.com/djmick_dot_com http://www.thumpradio.com