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Bug 1375982

Summary:	Updating Oracle JDK breaks links to JCE policies
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Piyush Bhoot <pbhoot>
Component:	java-1.8.0-oracle	Assignee:	jiri vanek <jvanek>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Lukáš Zachar <lzachar>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	6.9	CC:	bodavis, dbhole, jherrman, jvanek, jwright, mnewsome, zzambers
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:		Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Previously, java-1.8.0-oracle packages contained incorrect links to Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) policies. As a consequence, the policies were not applied properly. This update fixes the affected links.	Story Points:	---
Clone Of:		Environment:
Last Closed:	2018-06-26 20:05:01 UTC	Type:	Bug
Regression:	---	Mount Type:	---
Documentation:	---	CRM:
Verified Versions:		Category:	---
oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On:	1449315, 1503647
Bug Blocks:	1461138, 1503147, 1504312

Description Piyush Bhoot 2016-09-14 12:02:05 UTC

Description of problem:
Updating Oracle JDK breaks links to JCE policies

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

java-1.8.0-oracle-1.8.0.101-1jpp.1.el6_8.x86_64
How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.set alternatives 
update-alternatives --install   /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.8.0-oracle.x86_64/lib/security/local_policy.jar     jce_1.8.0_oracle_local_policy.x86_64      /opt/UnlimitedJCEPolicyJDK8/local_policy.jar     1000000  --slave     /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.8.0-oracle.x86_64/lib/security/US_export_policy.jar jce_1.8.0_oracle_us_export_policy.x86_64  /opt/UnlimitedJCEPolicyJDK8/US_export_policy.jar

2.yum update java-1.8.0-oracle


Actual results:

ls -lart /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.8.0-oracle.x86_64/lib/security
...
local_policy.jar -> /etc/alternatives/jce_1.8.0_oracle_local_policy.x86_64
US_export_policy.jar -> /etc/alternatives/jce_1.8.0_oracle_us_export_policy.x86_64

Expected results:

Links should keep pointing to JCE jar

Comment 14 jiri vanek 2017-11-16 08:01:20 UTC

No build done, but switching to modified, as it is fixed by underlying component.

Comment 18 zzambers 2018-05-23 21:23:53 UTC

I tested this one and with current packages and everything seems to work as expected. Update was done from java-1.8.0-oracle-1.8.0.171-1jpp.2.el6 to java-1.8.0-oracle-1.8.0.171-1jpp.3.el6.

Links from /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.8.0-oracle.x86_64/lib/security point to 
links in /etc alternatives (this is expected):
local_policy.jar -> /etc/alternatives/jce_1.8.0_oracle_local_policy.x86_64
and
US_export_policy.jar -> /etc/alternatives/jce_1.8.0_oracle_us_export_policy.x86_64


Initialy links in /etc/alternatives point to following files:
jce_1.8.0_oracle_local_policy.x86_64 -> /usr/lib/jvm-private/java-1.8.0-oracle.x86_64/jce/vanilla/local_policy.jar
and
jce_1.8.0_oracle_us_export_policy.x86_64 -> /usr/lib/jvm-private/java-1.8.0-oracle.x86_64/jce/vanilla/US_export_policy.jar


After update-alternatives ... (see higher links in /etc/alternatives are updated to:
jce_1.8.0_oracle_local_policy.x86_64 -> /opt/UnlimitedJCEPolicyJDK8/local_policy.jar
and
jce_1.8.0_oracle_us_export_policy.x86_64 -> /opt/UnlimitedJCEPolicyJDK8/US_export_policy.jar

These links (in /etc/alternatives) keep their target after update.

Comment 22 errata-xmlrpc 2018-06-26 20:05:01 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:2055