diff --git a/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilderTest.java b/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilderTest.java
index 9d00d5adf8..ea5c75e0c4 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilderTest.java
+++ b/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilderTest.java
@@ -25,9 +25,12 @@ import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.layout.ArtifactRepositoryLayout;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Build;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Plugin;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Resource;
+import org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Writer;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.WriterFactory;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -102,10 +105,14 @@ public class DefaultMavenProjectBuilderTest
     public void testDuplicatePluginDefinitionsMerged()
         throws Exception
     {
-        File f1 = getTestFile( "src/test/resources/projects/duplicate-plugins-merged-pom.xml" );
+        File f1 = getTestFile( "maven-project/src/test/resources/projects/duplicate-plugins-merged-pom.xml" );
 
         MavenProject project = getProject( f1 );
 
+        Writer out = WriterFactory.newXmlWriter( System.out );
+        MavenXpp3Writer writer = new MavenXpp3Writer();
+        writer.write( out, project.getModel() );
+        out.close();
         assertEquals( 2, ( (Plugin) project.getBuildPlugins().get( 0 ) ).getDependencies().size() );
     }
 
@@ -148,4 +155,25 @@ public class DefaultMavenProjectBuilderTest
 
         return r;
     }
+
+    public void tetA() throws Exception {
+        ArtifactRepositoryLayout repoLayout = (ArtifactRepositoryLayout) lookup( ArtifactRepositoryLayout.ROLE,
+                                                                                 "default" );
+
+        ArtifactRepository r = new DefaultArtifactRepository( "local", "file://" + "C:\\Documents and Settings\\sisbell\\.m2\\repository\\",
+                                                              repoLayout );
+
+        try {
+            MavenProject mp = projectBuilder.build(new File("C:\\Documents and Settings\\sisbell\\.m2\\repository\\org\\apache\\maven\\maven-core\\2.0\\maven-core-2.0.pom"),
+                    new DefaultProjectBuilderConfiguration().setLocalRepository(r));
+
+        Writer out = WriterFactory.newXmlWriter( System.out );
+        MavenXpp3Writer writer = new MavenXpp3Writer();
+        writer.write( out, mp.getModel() );
+        out.close();
+           // System.out.println(mp.getModel())
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
 }