[MDEP-900] dependency:resolve fails for multi-module project

**[Gerd Aschemann](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=ascheman)** opened **[MDEP-900](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MDEP-900?redirect=false)** and commented

When executing `mvn dependency:resolve` on a multi-module project it fails to retrieve artifacts for the modules themselves (which is not necessary as these can be installed by `mvn install` any time).
This can be seen on an [OSS multi-module project](https://github.com/WASdev/sample.daytrader7):

```java
mvn dependency:resolve
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Reactor Build Order:
[INFO]
[INFO] WAS Liberty Sample - Java EE7 Benchmark Sample - EJB Module        [jar]
[INFO] WAS Liberty Sample - Java EE7 Benchmark Sample - Web Module        [war]
[INFO] WAS Liberty Sample - Java EE7 Benchmark Sample                     [pom]
[INFO] WAS Liberty Sample - Java EE7 Benchmark Sample - EAR               [ear]
[INFO]
[INFO] --------------< net.wasdev.wlp.sample:daytrader-ee7-ejb >---------------
[INFO] Building WAS Liberty Sample - Java EE7 Benchmark Sample - EJB Module 1.0-SNAPSHOT [1/4]
[INFO]   from daytrader-ee7-ejb/pom.xml
[INFO] --------------------------------[ jar ]---------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- dependency:3.6.0:resolve (default-cli) @ daytrader-ee7-ejb ---
[INFO]
[INFO] The following files have been resolved:
[INFO]    javax:javaee-api:jar:7.0:provided -- module javaee.api (auto)
[INFO]    com.sun.mail:javax.mail:jar:1.5.0:provided -- module javax.mail (auto)
[INFO]    javax.activation:activation:jar:1.1:provided -- module activation (auto)
[INFO]    javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:jar:1.3.2:provided -- module java.annotation [auto]
[INFO]
[INFO]
[INFO] --------------< net.wasdev.wlp.sample:daytrader-ee7-web >---------------
[INFO] Building WAS Liberty Sample - Java EE7 Benchmark Sample - Web Module 1.0-SNAPSHOT [2/4]
[INFO]   from daytrader-ee7-web/pom.xml
[INFO] --------------------------------[ war ]---------------------------------
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Reactor Summary for WAS Liberty Sample - Java EE7 Benchmark Sample 1.0-SNAPSHOT:
[INFO]
[INFO] WAS Liberty Sample - Java EE7 Benchmark Sample - EJB Module SUCCESS [  0.402 s]
[INFO] WAS Liberty Sample - Java EE7 Benchmark Sample - Web Module FAILURE [  0.012 s]
[INFO] WAS Liberty Sample - Java EE7 Benchmark Sample ..... SKIPPED
[INFO] WAS Liberty Sample - Java EE7 Benchmark Sample - EAR SKIPPED
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time:  0.552 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2023-11-14T12:37:02+01:00
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal on project daytrader-ee7-web: Could not resolve dependencies for project net.wasdev.wlp.sample:daytrader-ee7-web:war:1.0-SNAPSHOT: The following artifacts could not be resolved: net.wasdev.wlp.sample:daytrader-ee7-ejb:jar:1.0-SNAPSHOT (absent): Could not find artifact net.wasdev.wlp.sample:daytrader-ee7-ejb:jar:1.0-SNAPSHOT -> [Help 1]
```

This is similar to the behaviour of MDEP-409, and MDEP-895

---

**Affects:** 3.6.1

**Issue Links:**
- [MDEP-895](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MDEP-895) dependency:sources fails for multi-module project
(_**"is a clone of"**_)

**Remote Links:**
- [GitHub Pull Request #406
](https://github.com/apache/maven-dependency-plugin/pull/406)

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