Jenkins can not start on a TCK compliant JVM that does not have MD5 support

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      Java17(actually JDK14 but 17 is the LTS) removed the mandatory requirement that MD5 needed to be a supported MessageDigest.

      If you attempt to start Jenkins on a JVM that does not have MD5 available it ends in a big mess.

      2024-02-09 15:02:43.444+0000 [id=25]    SEVERE  hudson.util.BootFailure#publish: Failed to initialize Jenkins
java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException: MD5 MessageDigest not available
        at java.base/sun.security.jca.GetInstance.getInstance(GetInstance.java:159)
        at java.base/java.security.MessageDigest.getInstance(MessageDigest.java:185)
        at hudson.Util.getMd5(Util.java:664)
        at hudson.Util.getDigestOf(Util.java:640)
Caused: java.io.IOException: MD5 not installed
        at hudson.Util.getDigestOf(Util.java:648)
        at hudson.Util.getDigestOf(Util.java:670)
Caused: java.lang.Error
        at hudson.Util.getDigestOf(Util.java:672)
        at jenkins.model.Jenkins.computeVersion(Jenkins.java:5556)
        at jenkins.model.Jenkins.<init>(Jenkins.java:926)
        at hudson.model.Hudson.<init>(Hudson.java:86)
        at hudson.model.Hudson.<init>(Hudson.java:82)
        at hudson.WebAppMain$3.run(WebAppMain.java:248)
Caused: hudson.util.HudsonFailedToLoad
        at hudson.WebAppMain$3.run(WebAppMain.java:262)
Exception in thread "Jenkins initialization thread" java.lang.Error: java.io.IOException: MD5 not installed
        at hudson.Util.getDigestOf(Util.java:672)
        at jenkins.model.Jenkins.computeVersion(Jenkins.java:5556)
        at jenkins.model.Jenkins.<init>(Jenkins.java:926)
        at hudson.model.Hudson.<init>(Hudson.java:86)
        at hudson.model.Hudson.<init>(Hudson.java:82)
        at hudson.WebAppMain$3.run(WebAppMain.java:248)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: MD5 not installed
        at hudson.Util.getDigestOf(Util.java:648)
        at hudson.Util.getDigestOf(Util.java:670)
        ... 5 more
Caused by: java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException: MD5 MessageDigest not available
        at java.base/sun.security.jca.GetInstance.getInstance(GetInstance.java:159)
        at java.base/java.security.MessageDigest.getInstance(MessageDigest.java:185)
        at hudson.Util.getMd5(Util.java:664)
        at hudson.Util.getDigestOf(Util.java:640)
        ... 6 more

            Assignee:
            Unassigned
            Reporter:
            James Nord
            Archiver:
            Jenkins Service Account

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