Thanks Tim for you suggestion. I thought I was getting there but apparently the "targetPath" is COMPLETELY ignored by Maven... Here is where the persistence.xml is copied: the root of the war...
Here is my POM for your info. Tis almost identical to your suggestion: <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"; xmlns:xsi=" http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; xsi:schemaLocation=" http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd";> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>com.calyonfinancial</groupId> <artifactId>protide</artifactId> <packaging>war</packaging> <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version> <name>ProtideWeb</name> <build> <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory> <outputDirectory>build</outputDirectory> <finalName>ProtideWeb</finalName> <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <source>1.5</source> <target>1.5</target> </configuration> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.0</version> <configuration> <warSourceDirectory>web</warSourceDirectory> <webResources> <resource> <directory>src/conf</directory> <targetPath>META-INF</targetPath> <includes> <include>persistence.xml</include> </includes> </resource> </webResources> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId> <artifactId>hibernate</artifactId> <version>3.2.1.ga</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId> <artifactId>hibernate-annotations</artifactId> <version>3.2.1.ga</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId> <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId> <version>3.2.1.ga</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId> <artifactId>hibernate-commons-annotations</artifactId> <version>3.3.0.ga</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId> <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId> <version>3.0.0.ga</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>javax.persistence</groupId> <artifactId>persistence-api</artifactId> <version>1.0</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>log4j</groupId> <artifactId>log4j</artifactId> <version>1.2.14</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId> <artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId> <version>2.0</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId> <artifactId>jaxb-xjc</artifactId> <version>2.0</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId> <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId> <version>2.0</version> </dependency> <!-- <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId> <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId> <version>2.0.4</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId> <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId> <version>2.0.4</version> </dependency> --> <dependency> <groupId>jdbc</groupId> <artifactId>as400</artifactId> <version>5.1.0.1</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId> <artifactId>jsr173_api</artifactId> <version>1.0</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.core</groupId> <artifactId>myfaces-api</artifactId> <version>1.1.5</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.core</groupId> <artifactId>myfaces-impl</artifactId> <version>1.1.5</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.tomahawk</groupId> <artifactId>tomahawk</artifactId> <version>1.1.6</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId> <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId> <version>2.4</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId> <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId> <version>2.0</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.ajax4jsf</groupId> <artifactId>ajax4jsf</artifactId> <version>1.1.1</version> <exclusions> <exclusion> <groupId>javax.faces</groupId> <artifactId>jsf-api</artifactId> </exclusion> <exclusion> <groupId>javax.faces</groupId> <artifactId>jsf-impl</artifactId> </exclusion> </exclusions> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.richfaces</groupId> <artifactId>richfaces</artifactId> <version>3.0.1</version> <exclusions> <exclusion> <groupId>javax.faces</groupId> <artifactId>jsf-api</artifactId> </exclusion> <exclusion> <groupId>javax.faces</groupId> <artifactId>jsf-impl</artifactId> </exclusion> </exclusions> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId> <artifactId>poi</artifactId> <version>3.0.1-FINAL</version> </dependency> <!-- <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.trinidad</groupId> <artifactId>trinidad-api</artifactId> <version>1.0.2</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.trinidad</groupId> <artifactId>trinidad-impl</artifactId> <version>1.0.2</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.ajax4jsf</groupId> <artifactId>a4j-trinidad</artifactId> <version>1.0</version> </dependency> --> </dependencies> </project>
