src/it/projects/dependency-sets/including-sar-dependency/pom.xml

<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>
  <parent>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.test</groupId>
    <artifactId>it-project-parent</artifactId>
    <version>1</version>
  </parent>
  
  <groupId>test</groupId>
  <artifactId>including-sar-dependency</artifactId>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>
  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
      <artifactId>plexus-appserver-service-xmlrpc</artifactId>
      <version>2.0-alpha-3</version>
      <type>sar</type>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>

  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
          <descriptors>
            <descriptor>src/assemble/bin.xml</descriptor>
          </descriptors>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
</project>