Maven add jars through systemPath/system but not added to war or anywhere else

Question

I want to add a jar file through the systemPath from the local file-system relative to my project directory structure, not on a remote repository. I added the dependency declaration but maven doesn't do anything else with it.

In the declaration below, I want the jar file copied to my target web-inf/lib directory and also jarred as part of the war file. At present, that doesn't happen. How would I get the jar file copied to my war file?

This is the output from debug maven mode:

DEBUG] cglib:cglib-nodep:jar:2.2:test (setting scope to: compile)^M
DEBUG] Retrieving parent-POM: org.objenesis:objenesis-parent:pom:1.2 for project: null:objenesis:ja
DEBUG]   org.objenesis:objenesis:jar:1.2:test (selected for test)^M
DEBUG]   org.javap.web:testRunWrapper:jar:1.0.0:system (selected for system)^M
DEBUG] Plugin dependencies for:
...


<dependency>
    <groupId>org.javap.web</groupId>
    <artifactId>testRunWrapper</artifactId>
    <version>1.0</version>
    <scope>system</scope>
    <systemPath>${basedir}/lib/testRunWrapper.jar</systemPath>
</dependency>
<plugin>
    <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
    <configuration>                 
        <webResources>
            <resource>
                <directory>WebContent</directory>
            </resource>
        </webResources>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

Answer 1

Using the maven dependency plugin does the job:

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.8</version>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <id>copy-dependencies</id>
                    <phase>compile</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
                    </goals>
                    <configuration>
                        <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}/WEB-INF/lib</outputDirectory>
                        <includeScope>system</includeScope>
                    </configuration>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

Answer 2

OK, I did this: Note the directory structure at the bottom. With the approach below, the jar file from the relative project path is treated as a first class citizen like the other jars. The listing below corrects my original problem. With the pom.xml listing below, the jar file is copied to my target directory.

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>JBoss</id>
        <name>JBoss Repository</name>
        <layout>default</layout>
        <url>http://repository.jboss.org/maven2</url>
    </repository>

    <repository>
       <id>my-local-repo</id>
       <url>file://${basedir}/lib/repo</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>

<dependency>
    <groupId>testRunWrapper</groupId>
    <artifactId>testRunWrapper</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0</version>            
</dependency>

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$ find repo
repo
repo/testRunWrapper
repo/testRunWrapper/testRunWrapper
repo/testRunWrapper/testRunWrapper/1.0.0
repo/testRunWrapper/testRunWrapper/1.0.0/testRunWrapper-1.0.0.jar