gistfile1.txt

allprojects {
    apply plugin: 'base'
}

String jdkDir = "build/jdks/jdk-11.0.2"
task extractJdk {
  doFirst {
    println "extracting jdk"
    mkdir jdkDir
  }
}
artifacts {
    add('default', layout.projectDirectory.dir(jdkDir)) {
      builtBy extractJdk
    }
}


configure(project(':a')) {
    configurations {
        stuff
    }

    dependencies {
        stuff project(':')
    }

    task run {
      dependsOn configurations.stuff
      doFirst {
        println configurations.stuff.artifacts
      }
    }
}