michael-o commented on code in PR #191:
URL: https://github.com/apache/maven-site/pull/191#discussion_r1170143253


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content/apt/guides/introduction/introduction-to-dependency-mechanism.apt:
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@@ -174,9 +174,10 @@ Introduction to the Dependency Mechanism
    unit tests (src/test/java) but not in the model code (src/main/java).
 
  * <<system>>\
-   This scope is similar to <<<provided>>> except that you have to provide the 
JAR
-   which contains it explicitly. The artifact is always available and is not
-   looked up in a repository.
+   Maven does not add system-scoped dependencies to any classpath.

Review Comment:
   It is unfortunately that easy and it is not just the JDK
   
   * https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-1867
   * https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6523
   * The idiot's from SAP have hardoded the JCo JAR name and it won't start if 
you rename it
   * JAR which people aren't allowed for reasons to upload to a local repo 
instance
   * likely others



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