NoSuchMethodError: old Apache library loaded in Gradle build environment

Environment:

• Jib version: 1.8.0
• Build tool: Gradle 5.4.1
• OS: OSX 10.14.6

Description of the issue: When trying to run gradle jibDockerBuild with the jib gradle plugin v1.8.0, I got a very confusing error message with no results on Google:

> com.google.cloud.tools.jib.plugins.common.BuildStepsExecutionException: org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig$Builder.setNormalizeUri(Z)Lorg/apache/http/client/config/RequestConfig$Builder;

Expected behavior: When running the same command with the jib plugin v1.7.0, I get this much more helpful error message:

Steps to reproduce:

1. Kill the docker daemon 2. Add the jib gradle plugin v1.8.0 to a gradle build 3. Run gradle jibDockerBuild

jib-gradle-plugin Configuration:

plugins {
    id 'com.google.cloud.tools.jib' version '1.8.0'
}

[loosebazooka]

I think you can ask the parent to load in the jib plugin in the parent but not apply it (apply false), so the classpaths are correct?

plugins {
  id 'com.google.cloud.tools.jib' version '1.8.0' apply false
}

and then use the plugin in your subproject (you can omit the version since it’s specified above)

plugins {
  id 'com.google.cloud.tools.jib
}

Can you see if that works? If not, there’s the option of just adding the httpclient at the right version to the buildscript classpath in the root project.

[edobry]

That did indeed fix the issue, thanks! May be useful to add this tip to documentation or troubleshooting.