Description of problem: The format and purpose of files in /etc/java/security/security.d is not documented Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): javapackages-tools-5.3.0-1.fc29.noarch How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install javapackages-tools 2. Install javapackages-filesystems 3. Install bouncycastle Actual results: 1. New directory /etc/java/security/security.d (from javapackages-*) 2. New empty files: /etc/java/security/security.d/2000-org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.BouncyCastleProvider Expected results: Some explanation as to the purpose of this file and the supposed contents. Additional info: Is this some artifact of the defunct gcj? What this ever done? https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/java-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/VXLLP7MMC6CKBSBQNTRLZ2RO33H5ZMCC/ "Longer term, my plan is to support security.d in IcedTea/OpenJDK. External security providers would drop config files in /etc/java/security/security.d and JREs that support security.d would automatically load them, in addition to the providers listed in java.security. In the short term -- that is, soon after Fedora 8 is released -- I'll inline rebuild-security-providers in relevant post scripts, and release a new jpackage-utils that doesn't contain the script. While solution 3) will silence rpm's complaints, it won't solve the fact that vanilla jpackage-utils doesn't own /etc/java/security/security.d/. So JPackage users will have to pay attention that applications that run on GCJ and employ external security providers are not adversely affected."
We can add documentation for "security.d". In the meantime I am documenting it here: Purpose: "security.d" is a directory into which packages can drop files that are then combined into "classpath.security" file. GNU Classpath uses this file to configure security-related classes of itself. Format: Files in "security.d" are Java properties files (basically, key=value pairs). For meaning of particular properties refer to GNU Classpath documentation.
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(In reply to Mikolaj Izdebski from comment #1) > We can add documentation for "security.d". In the meantime I am documenting > it here: > > Purpose: "security.d" is a directory into which packages can drop files that > are then combined into "classpath.security" file. GNU Classpath uses this > file to configure security-related classes of itself. > Format: Files in "security.d" are Java properties files (basically, > key=value pairs). For meaning of particular properties refer to GNU > Classpath documentation. This seems odd. We don't package GNU Classpath in Fedora (and, as far as I'm aware, only ever have via gcj long ago). I'm not aware of any support for this in OpenJDK, though maybe we could look into it if there is merit. We do something like this specifically for crypto policies, so could make it more generic.