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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License. See accompanying LICENSE file.
+-->
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+    <artifactId>hadoop-project</artifactId>
+    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../../hadoop-project</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+  <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+  <artifactId>hadoop-archives</artifactId>
+  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <description>Apache Hadoop Archives</description>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop Archives</name>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <properties>
+    <hadoop.log.dir>${project.build.directory}/log</hadoop.log.dir>
+  </properties>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-annotations</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-core</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-tests</artifactId>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>create-log-dir</id>
+            <phase>process-test-resources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>run</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <target>
+                <delete dir="${test.build.data}"/>
+                <mkdir dir="${test.build.data}"/>
+                <mkdir dir="${hadoop.log.dir}"/>
+              </target>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+         <configuration>
+          <archive>
+           <manifest>
+            <mainClass>org.apache.hadoop.tools.HadoopArchives</mainClass>
+           </manifest>
+         </archive>
+        </configuration>
+       </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>