Add the effective pom.xml in the META-INF directory

Question

When I build a JAR library using Maven 2 (version 2.0.9 or 2.2.1), the pom.xml of the library is copied in the META-INF/maven/[g

Answer 1

Use https://www.mojohaus.org/flatten-maven-plugin/

It will set updatePomFile true by default.

Its not what you asked for, but its what you want.