Can we have a look at your parent pom?
Looks like maven is trying to build a war out of your parent project....
Sure thing.There goes :
<project>
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>za.co.mycompany.eportal</groupId>
<artifactId>mycompany-eportal</artifactId>
<name>mycompany ePortal</name>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<description>mycompany J2EE application called ePortal</description>
<inceptionYear>2005</inceptionYear>
<developers>
<developer>
<name>Jeff Mutonho</name>
<id>jmutonho</id>
<email>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</email>
<organization>mycompany</organization>
<roles>
<role>Build Engineer</role>
</roles>
<timezone>+2</timezone>
</developer>
</developers>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>oracle.ldap</groupId>
<artifactId>ldapjclnt</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<!--scope>test</scope-->
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.j2ee</groupId>
<artifactId>j2ee</artifactId>
<version>1.3.0</version>
<!--scope>test</scope-->
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>net.sf.hibernate2</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0</version>
<!--scope>test</scope-->
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring</artifactId>
<version>1.2.3</version>
<!--scope>test</scope-->
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
<version>1.2.13</version>
<!--scope>test</scope-->
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
<version>1.0.4</version>
<!--scope>test</scope-->
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>za.co.mycompany</groupId>
<artifactId>OBPortalSynchMDB</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<!--scope>test</scope-->
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>za.co.mycompany</groupId>
<artifactId>EBPortalSynchMDB</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<!--scope>test</scope-->
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<reporting>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<showSuccess>false</showSuccess>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<links>
<link>http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api</link>
<link>http://plexus.codehaus.org/ref/1.0-alpha-9/apidocs</link>
</links>
<aggregate>true</aggregate>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<rulesets>
<ruleset>/rulesets/basic.xml</ruleset>
<ruleset>/rulesets/imports.xml</ruleset>
<ruleset>/rulesets/unusedcode.xml</ruleset>
<ruleset>/rulesets/finalizers.xml</ruleset>
</rulesets>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<configLocation>config/maven_checks.xml</configLocation>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>taglist-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<tags>
<tag>TODO</tag>
<tag>@todo</tag>
<tag>FIXME</tag>
<tag>XXX</tag>
</tags>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</reporting>
<organization>
<name>mycompany Limited</name>
<url>http://www.mycompany.co.za/</url>
</organization>
<modules>
<module>eportal-services</module>
<!--module>eportal-services-junit</module-->
<module>eportal-messaging</module>
<module>eportal-messaging-support</module>
<module>eportal-webservices</module>
<module>eportal-domain</module>
<module>eportal-exceptions</module>
<module>eportal</module>
</modules>
<profiles>
<!--<profile>
<id>tomcat5x</id>
<activation>
<activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
</activation>
<modules>
<module>eportal</module>
</modules>
</profile>-->
<profile>
<id>eportal-services-junit</id>
<activation>
<property>
<name>enableCiProfile</name>
<value>true</value>
</property>
</activation>
<modules>
<module>eportal-services-junit</module>
</modules>
</profile>
</profiles>
<ciManagement>
<system>continuum</system>
<url>http://localhost:8080/continuum</url>
<notifiers>
<notifier>
<type>mail</type>
<configuration>
<address>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</address>
</configuration>
</notifier>
</notifiers>
</ciManagement>
<scm>
<connection>
scm:cvs:pserver:mutonj:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/lib/cvsroot:dev
</connection>
<developerConnection>
scm:cvs:pserver:mutonj:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/lib/cvsroot:dev
</developerConnection>
</scm>
</project>
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