[BIGTOP-3184] URLConnection check fails with exception when it should return false

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.3.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.4.0
• Component/s: build
• Assignee: Craig Foster
• Reporter: Craig Foster
• Created: 08/Mar/19 18:29
• Updated: 18/Mar/19 15:42
• Resolved: 10/Mar/19 18:00

Description

When executing the vardefines task in packages.gradle, we saw that the bad mirror fixed in 

BIGTOP-3179 refused the connection. However, the script should just be resilient to this and return false. This will at least ensure we fall back to archive as well. 

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #490