It seems that this bug consists of many partially independent bugs. I found at least two:
(1) openjdk in vivid has SSLv3 disable but tests try to use it and get 'protocol is disabled or cipher suites are inappropriate' as a warkaround you may enable sslv3 back by commenting the following line in /etc/java-7-openjdk/security/java.security: # jdk.tls.disabledAlgorithms=SSLv3 (2) another issue is that certificates inside the package expired which leads to SSL errors here and there for example: $ head test/org/apache/tomcat/util/net/localhost-cert.pem Certificate: Data: Version: 3 (0x2) Serial Number: 4099 (0x1003) Signature Algorithm: sha1WithRSAEncryption Issuer: C=US, CN=ca-test.tomcat.apache.org Validity Not Before: Feb 28 05:28:42 2013 GMT Not After : Feb 28 05:28:42 2015 GMT Subject: C=US, CN=localhost Note Feb 28 2015 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1432715 Title: tomcat7 ftbfs in vivd (test failures) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat7/+bug/1432715/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs