Try with scope 'provided'. See [1] for a explanation of the different scopes.
Hth, Nick Stolwijk [1] http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-dependency-mechanism.html -----Original Message----- From: faisalloe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon 1/28/2008 10:08 AM To: users@maven.apache.org Subject: pom.xml jar scope i have a problem with pom file. i have servlet.jar which is already available in tomcat lib folder, i want to use this jar only to compile and produce class files but not in project's lib folder. i think there is tag named <scope>compile</scope> but it didn't worked it still copy jar file into lib folder. can any one i prevent copying jar file into lib folder and only to use for compilation! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/pom.xml-jar-scope-tp15131075s177p15131075.html Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]