[tbb-bugs] #28752 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Gradle sometimes downloads tor-android-binary resources during build (or the build is failing)

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#28752: Gradle sometimes downloads tor-android-binary resources during build (or
the build is failing)
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:  tbb-
                                                 |  team
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Very High                            |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-mobile, tbb-rbm,                 |  Actual Points:
  TorBrowserTeam201812                           |
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 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by sisbell):

 The tor-android-binary is the only artifact hosted on
 githubusercontent.com. One possibility could be that the host is returning
 some error page and the script is treating it as downloaded.  So the
 gradle build script would then detect it is bad and try again. What does
 this file look like in the gradle-dependencies-3 directory?

 Gradle offline is flagged so it shouldn't download anything (although
 there can always be a bug in gradle). It could be that the files are not
 actually downloading even though the logs say it is attempting download.
 Did the build say it was downloading and then pass the build. Or did it
 say it was downloading and then fail the build?

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