Unable to use smack in OSGi environment

Smack Smack Dev
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openHAB (a smart home platform) uses the Smack library in several bindings. After upgrading to version 4.4.0 or later, we ran into issues loading the library in Karaf.

  1. smack-core depends on sun.security.pkcs11. This is a Sun‑specific package that is not supported by all JREs, which limits the range of compatible runtimes. It is generally best practice not to use sun.* packages directly. In addition, OSGi environments like Karaf do not export these packages, which prevents Smack from being used there. Typically, Bouncy Castle is used as an alternative for PKCS#11 functionality.
  2. smack-core depends on hsluv 0.2, whose manifest is missing OSGi headers. We have already opened an issue in their repository (hsluv/hsluv#93) but also wanted to make you aware. If possible, it might make sense to drop or replace this dependency.
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Thanks for your post. I’ll have a look into the situation.

And thanks for trying to bump Smack in OpenHAB from a fellow OpenHAB user. :slight_smile: