How do I stop Maven 2.x from trying to retrieve non-existent pom.xml files for dependencies every build?

Question

In my project, there are a number of dependencies that are transitively included from other dependencies that do not have pom.xml files available in any of our corporate reposit

Answer 1

• download to local repo
• setup nexus and upload
• work offline

maybe the best idea is to get rid of maven all the way, it is horror !