Bug#578578: sun-java6: crypto policy configuration files violate Debian policy

Sylvestre Ledru sylvestre at debian.org
Tue Apr 20 22:23:00 UTC 2010


Le mardi 20 avril 2010 à 22:50 +0100, moog a écrit :
> Package: sun-java6
> Version: 6.20-dlj-1
> Severity: serious
> Justification: Policy 10.7.2
> Tags: patch
> 
> local_policy.jar and US_export_policy.jar are configuration files
> according to Debian's definition, because as Sun's README explains,
> sysadmins in eligible countries are intended to replace these files
> with unlimited encryption strength versions if they wish.
I am not sure to understand how archives can be considered as configuration files ?!

By the way, could you explain what you set the severity to serious ? It
does not seem a big issue here to me.

Sylvestre







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