On Wed, 3 Nov 2021 11:54:39 GMT, Aleksey Shipilev <sh...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> [JDK-8182285](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8182285) added the 
> incremental build capabilities for modules, by hashing the APIs of each 
> module.
> 
> The original change uses MD5, which is quite weak, and 
> [JDK-8214483](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8214483) allows 
> `MessageDigest` to have no MD5 implementation. This is the cause of some 
> build failures when using a FIPS-compliant boot JDK that has no MD5 
> implementation. I suggest we switch to the latest available hash instead.
> 
> Additional testing:
>  - [x] Linux x86_64 fastdebug build completes
>  - [x] Linux x86_64 fastdebug build times do not regress

Marked as reviewed by aph (Reviewer).

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6231

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