Execute Maven plugin goal on child modules, but not on parent

Question

In a multi-module project, how can you specify that you want to execute a plugin goal in all the child-modules, but not on the parent project? There is <pluginManagement>, but that only defines the configuration for the execution -- the child modules would still need to reference the plugin to get the goal executed:

[...] However, this only configures plugins that are actually referenced within the plugins element in the children. (POM Reference)

Any other way to achieve this?

UPDATE: I've tried this according to Pascal's advice:

<!-- ... -->
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<modules>
  <module>child</module>
</modules>

<build>
  <plugins>
    <plugin>
      <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
      <executions>
        <execution>
        <phase>integration-test</phase>
        <goals>
          <goal>jar</goal>
        </goals>
        </execution>
      </executions>
    </plugin>
  </plugins>
</build>
<!-- ... -->

This will still generate a .jar for the parent project, even though the jar goal is bound to the integration-test phase.

Answer 1

Anyone have news about this problem, i have the same problem with my plugin and don`t seem to be able to solve it.

Any help appreciated. Thank.