confluent-kafka/8.1.0.17 package update

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🩹 Build Failed: Patch Application Failed

patching file LICENSE-binary
Hunk #1 FAILED at 206.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file LICENSE-binary.rej

Build Details

Category	Details
Build System	gradle
Failure Point	patch '-p1' --fuzz=2 --verbose <fix-GHSA-wxr5-93ph-8wr9-force-update-common-beanutils.patch

Root Cause Analysis 🔍

The patch operation failed to apply a hunk to the LICENSE-binary file. While the patch successfully applied to build.gradle and gradle/dependencies.gradle files, it failed to apply to LICENSE-binary, causing the entire build process to fail. The patch was attempting to update commons-beanutils transitive dependency to address a security vulnerability (GHSA-wxr5-93ph-8wr9).

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🔍 Build failure fix suggestions

Found similar build failures that have been fixed in the past and analyzed them to suggest a fix:

Suggested Changes

File: fix-GHSA-wxr5-93ph-8wr9-force-update-common-beanutils.patch

• modify (Remove or modify the LICENSE-binary section in the patch file)
  Original:

The section that attempts to patch LICENSE-binary

Replacement:

Remove the section entirely or regenerate the patch against the current version

Content:

Edit the patch file to remove the sections that modify LICENSE-binary while keeping the sections that modify build.gradle and gradle/dependencies.gradle

File: pipeline steps in Melange YAML

• add at line After the patch step (After the patch step)
  Content:

  - runs: |
      # Apply the commons-beanutils update directly
      sed -i 's/commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils:[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+/commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils:1.9.4/g' build.gradle
      sed -i 's/commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils:[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+/commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils:1.9.4/g' gradle/dependencies.gradle

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Analysis

The current build failure occurs during the patch step, specifically when trying to apply a patch to the LICENSE-binary file. The patch process reports "Hunk #1 FAILED at 206" for the LICENSE-binary file, while successfully applying to other files like build.gradle and gradle/dependencies.gradle.

The patch appears to be trying to update the commons-beanutils dependency to address a security vulnerability (GHSA-wxr5-93ph-8wr9), but the LICENSE-binary file has likely changed since the patch was created, causing a mismatch. This is a common issue when patches are created against a specific version of a codebase and then applied to a newer or different version where files have changed.

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Explanation

The build is failing because the patch cannot be applied cleanly to the LICENSE-binary file. The patch is intended to update the commons-beanutils dependency to address a security vulnerability (GHSA-wxr5-93ph-8wr9), but the LICENSE-binary file has likely changed in structure or content since the patch was created.

There are two primary approaches to solve this:

1. Edit the patch file to remove the sections that modify LICENSE-binary, keeping only the sections that update the commons-beanutils dependency in the build.gradle and gradle/dependencies.gradle files. This is a direct and low-risk solution as it preserves the important security update while eliminating the problematic part of the patch.

2. Add a new step after the patch attempt that directly modifies the build.gradle and gradle/dependencies.gradle files to update the commons-beanutils dependency using sed commands. This approach bypasses the need for a patch file altogether for this specific change.

The LICENSE-binary file is typically a generated file that contains licensing information, and changes to this file are less critical than the actual dependency update. The core issue is ensuring that the commons-beanutils dependency is updated to a version that addresses the security vulnerability, regardless of how that update is applied.

Since the error message shows the patch does successfully apply to build.gradle and gradle/dependencies.gradle files, but fails only on LICENSE-binary, removing or skipping the LICENSE-binary part of the patch should allow the build to proceed while still implementing the necessary security fix.

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Alternative Approaches

• Generate a new patch file that only targets the build.gradle and gradle/dependencies.gradle files, excluding LICENSE-binary entirely.
• Use the '--force' option with the patch command to apply the patch despite conflicts, and then manually fix any issues after application.
• Add a separate step to directly modify the LICENSE-binary file to match what the patch expects, creating the expected file structure before applying the patch.
• Update the package to a newer version where the security vulnerability has already been addressed upstream, eliminating the need for the patch altogether.

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superseded by #55942