RFR: 8285624: jpackage fails to create exe, msi when Windows OS is in FIPS mode

[Alexey Semenyuk]

On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:43:57 GMT, Alexey Semenyuk <asemenyuk at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Make jpackage capable of using wix3 when Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) mode is enabled on Windows.
> 
> When FIPS mode is enabled, running `candle.exe -?` prints:
> 
> candle.exe : error CNDL0308 : The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) appears to be enabled on the machine. You must either disable FIPS or use FIPS-compliant security algorithms to generate IDs by passing the -fips command-line switch or by setting <FipsCompliant>true</FipsCompliant> in your .wixproj project.
> 
> Though jpackage expects the following output:
> 
> Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Compiler version 3.5.2519.0
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
> 
>  usage:  candle.exe [-?] [-nologo] [-out outputFile] sourceFile [sourceFile ...] [@responseFile]
> 
>  ...
> 
> 
> candle.exe also exits with an error code (308).
> 
> To workaround the problem, run `candle.exe -fips` to make it print standard help output regardless FIPS mode enable/disable.
> 
> Run candle.exe the second time to detect if it requires an `-fips` command line switch. If it does, jpackage will add it automatically.

@sashamatveev PTAL

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23612#issuecomment-2656521943