On Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:43:24 GMT, Severin Gehwolf <[email protected]> wrote:

>> I meant the latter, the problem we observed with `cat props >> 
>> conf/security/java.security` is while linking a jmod-less image. The SHA-512 
>> checksum of the original `conf/security/java.security` file is stored in the 
>> jimage file (`lib/modules`). So if we modify `conf/security/java.security` 
>> and run `jlink` (in a jmod-less JDK), we get `Error: 
>> .../conf/security/java.security has been modified`.
>
>> I meant the latter, the problem we observed with `cat props >> 
>> conf/security/java.security` is while linking a jmod-less image. The SHA-512 
>> checksum of the original `conf/security/java.security` file is stored in the 
>> jimage file (`lib/modules`). So if we modify `conf/security/java.security` 
>> and run `jlink` (in a jmod-less JDK), we get `Error: 
>> .../conf/security/java.security has been modified`.
> 
> Right. Note that there is also a concept of "upgradable files" and 
> `java.security` could be considered upgradable just like `cacerts` or 
> `tzdata`. See: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8353185. Both would work, 
> but I tend to think the jlink plugin would be better suited for this.

Just on the ">>" discussion. I think the downside is that the resulting 
java.security may have duplicate keys with different values. The files in 
$JAVA_HOME/conf are user editable so if someone were to edit java.security then 
they could easily change the value of the first key and the change would not be 
effective.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/30635#discussion_r3065299126

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