Use of newer Gradle versions. #784
Description
Describe the bug
Recent Gradle versions when used in Dockerfile of JDK workshop images yield an error:
#14 0.335 Welcome to Gradle 8.14.3!
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#14 0.335 Here are the highlights of this release:
#14 0.335 - Java 24 support
#14 0.336 - GraalVM Native Image toolchain selection
#14 0.336 - Enhancements to test reporting
#14 0.336 - Build Authoring improvements
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#14 0.336 For more details see https://docs.gradle.org/8.14.3/release-notes.html
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#14 0.336 Starting a Gradle Daemon (subsequent builds will be faster)
#14 1.633 > Task :init FAILED
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#14 1.633 FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
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#14 1.633 * What went wrong:
#14 1.633 Execution failed for task ':init'.
#14 1.633 > Aborting build initialization due to existing files in the project directory: '/home/eduk8s'.
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#14 1.634 * Try:
#14 1.634 > Remove any existing files in the project directory and run the init task again.
#14 1.634 > Enable the --overwrite option to allow existing files to be overwritten.
#14 1.634 > Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
#14 1.634 > Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
#14 1.634 > Run with --scan to get full insights.
#14 1.634 > Get more help at https://help.gradle.org.
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#14 1.634 BUILD FAILED in 1s
#14 1.634 1 actionable task: 1 executed
#14 ERROR: process "/bin/sh -c if [ \"${TARGETARCH}\" = \"arm64\" ]; then export MAVEN_OPTS=\"-XX:UseSVE=0\"; export JAVA_OPTS=\"-XX:UseSVE=0\"; mv gradle.properties-arm64 gradle.properties; fi && gradle init && gradle wrapper --gradle-version=8.14.3 --distribution-type=bin && ./gradlew build" did not complete successfully: exit code: 1
The JDK8,11,17 images still use Gradle 8.5. The JDK21 image was using Gradle 8.8.
Need to work out whether newer versions can be used or not.
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