Package: jruby Version: 1.5.6-7 Severity: normal JRuby has really bad cryptographic support. First, many algorithms are missing. The output directs me to the jruby-openssl gem, but that isn't packaged. If JRuby requires that gem in order to be as functional as MRI, then it needs to be packaged and be an appropriate dependency (at least a Recommends, if not a Depends) of jruby. In this era, cryptography is not an optional component.
Second, JRuby uses the wrong names for algorithms. Running the attached program (I have snipped the huge traceback that happens every time jruby runs): vauxhall ok % ruby /tmp/sha256.rb Digest supports 'SHA256' Digest doesn't support 'SHA-256' SHA256 object exists vauxhall ok % env -u TZ jruby /tmp/sha256.rb JRuby limited openssl loaded. http://jruby.org/openssl gem install jruby-openssl for full support. Digest doesn't support 'SHA256' Digest supports 'SHA-256' SHA256 object does not exist Notice that for the same algorithm, JRuby uses a different name, and it doesn't support the SHA256 class that MRI has since at least 1.8.7. This makes it impossible to write a program that works on both. -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.14-rc7-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages jruby depends on: ii default-jre [java6-runtime] 2:1.7-51 ii libjffi-jni 1.0.2-11 ii openjdk-7-jre [java6-runtime] 7u51-2.4.6-1 Versions of packages jruby recommends: pn ri1.8 <none> jruby suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- brian m. carlson / brian with sandals: Houston, Texas, US +1 832 623 2791 | http://www.crustytoothpaste.net/~bmc | My opinion only OpenPGP: RSA v4 4096b: 88AC E9B2 9196 305B A994 7552 F1BA 225C 0223 B187
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