Re: RFC: remove print statements from Security

[Mark Wielaard]

Hi,

On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 06:22, Casey Marshall wrote:
> I'd like to propose that we remove the print statements from the
> provider loading code in java.security.Security, as with the attached
> patch. It wasn't recieved well when proposed [1] and now actually
> makes tests fail on libgcj [2].

Although I introduced this I don't mind if is was removed. Although I
think they are nice to have since it warns the end user that GNU
Classpath wasn't installed correctly (which seem to actually be the case
in [2]). The important part is falling back on a default provider in
case of (user/installation) errors.

If you remove this could you add a little note to VM Integration Guide
doc/vmintegration.texinfo about the importance of setting up the system
property gnu.classpath.home.url and how it is used by Security,
LogManager and InitialContext to find default configuration files. (A
default is set in System when the VM doesn't set it, but this only works
correctly when GNU Classpath is used out of the box. Something gcj still
doesn't do.)

Thanks,

Mark

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