Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:42:01 -0700 From: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> To: Alex Dupre <ale@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Java crypto Message-ID: <20060620154201.GA41655@misty.eyesbeyond.com> In-Reply-To: <44971601.3070902@FreeBSD.org> References: <449011B4.9060502@FreeBSD.org> <20060619195745.GA29915@misty.eyesbeyond.com> <44971601.3070902@FreeBSD.org>
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Hi Alex, On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 11:24:17PM +0200, Alex Dupre wrote: > Greg Lewis ha scritto: > > Thanks for asking about this. Upon taking a quick look, I don't think > > there is any particular reason. My guess is that simply noone noticed we > > weren't building it. This isn't surprising given that it looks to me > > like its not built on Solaris/Linux/Windows either, its simply extracted > > from a zip file. It also looks like the source code is also zipped up, > > which makes it harder to notice its even there. > > Yes, I supposed it. The jar file cannot be built from sources, since > must be signed, so I think Sun chose to distribute even the jni shared > object in binary form for "supported" platforms. The source distribution > doesn't automatically build it, but native binary distributions install > it and it's supposed to be in jdk 1.5. > I don't know which is the best way to go, but probably the easiest is to > create a new port that builds the jni lib and installs it along with the > signed jar (I think modifying the jdk15 and diablo ports will be more > complex, even if more natural from a user's point of view). I think we can add it to jdk15 quite easily, although adding it to diablo is going to have to wait for another update. I'd like to try that first, since I don't think it will be too problematic. I think many people will miss a separate port, so I'd like to keep them all together if possible. I'll let you know how that goes. > >> Second thing: it could be useful to have a knob in all jdk ports to > >> install the unrestricted security policy files, so that every update > >> won't replace them. > > > > I'd be happy to review patches :). > > I will prepare them asap. Thanks! -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org
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