Sample workaround to get (troublesome ? ) classes into the gradle buildscript classpath

gistfile1.txt

// what i want
// buildscript { classpath 'com.oracle:ojdbc6:11.2.0.2.0' }


configurations {
    gradleRuntime {transitive = false}
}

dependencies {
    gradleRuntime 'com.oracle:ojdbc6:11.2.0.2.0'
}

URLClassLoader loader = GroovyObject.class.classLoader
configurations.gradleRuntime.each { File file ->
    loader.addURL(file.toURL())
    logger.info "Added jar to gradle runtime: $file"
}