[tor-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, TBA-a3                   |
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 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  Sponsor8
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Comment (by gk):

 Replying to [comment:7 sisbell]:
 > I've got the fix ready but the current build is giving me an error in
 the firefox-locale-bundle. It looks like a perl module isn't installed.
 >
 > {{{
 > Can't locate JSON.pm in @INC (you may need to install the JSON module)
 > ....
 > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/shane/github/tor-
 browser-4/projects/firefox-locale-bundle/get_hg_hash line 4.
 > }}}

 Yes, you need to install that perl module on your build machine, see the
 README and the commit message of commit
 56ce89fe1a99c304b7292a7087ae8d0ad2412273.

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