[MacPorts] #58501: Gradle-5.4.1 does not even start

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#58501: Gradle-5.4.1 does not even start
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 Reporter:  mouse07410  |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
Component:  ports       |    Version:
 Keywords:              |       Port:  gradle
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 MacOS Mojave 10.14.4, Oracle JDK-1.8.0_211, Xcode-10.2.1, current Macports
 and current stable Gradle port 5.4.1 (current {{{groovy}}} port
 installed).

 Problem: installation appears fine, but even the simplest invocation
 fails. I suspect pilot's error rather than software bug, but help would be
 greatly appreciated:
 {{{
 $ sudo port install gradle
 --->  Fetching archive for gradle
 --->  Attempting to fetch gradle-5.4.1_0.darwin_18.noarch.tbz2 from
 https://packages.macports.org/gradle
 --->  Attempting to fetch gradle-5.4.1_0.darwin_18.noarch.tbz2.rmd160 from
 https://packages.macports.org/gradle
 --->  Installing gradle @5.4.1_0
 --->  Activating gradle @5.4.1_0
 --->  Cleaning gradle
 --->  Updating database of binaries
 --->  Scanning binaries for linking errors
 --->  No broken files found.
 --->  No broken ports found.
 $ gradle --version
 [main] INFO org.gradle.internal.nativeintegration.services.NativeServices
 - Initialized native services in: /Users/ur20980/.gradle/native

 FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

 * What went wrong:
 org.slf4j.impl.SimpleLogger cannot be cast to
 org.gradle.api.logging.Logger

 * Try:
 Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or
 --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full
 insights.

 * Get more help at https://help.gradle.org
 $ java -version
 java version "1.8.0_211"
 Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_211-b12)
 Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.211-b12, mixed mode)
 $ echo $JAVA_HOME
 /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/Current/Contents/Home
 $ echo $GRADLE_HOME
 /opt/local/share/java/gradle
 $ ll /Library/Java/Extensions/slf4j*.jar
 -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  41203 May 20 10:58 /Library/Java/Extensions
 /slf4j-api-1.7.25.jar
 -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  15257 May 20 15:53 /Library/Java/Extensions
 /slf4j-simple-1.7.25.jar
 $
 }}}

 Invoking with extra flags {{{--stacktrace}}} or {{{--debug}}} did not add
 anything to the above output.

 Again, your help figuring out what seems wrong with the configuration and
 how to straighten it up would be appreciated!

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