I don't think bare paths for file-based certs are really 'deprecated'

thijskh · thijskh · commit 7f29b6b8b62a · 2023-01-24T15:04:47.000Z
diff --git a/config/config.php.dist b/config/config.php.dist
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ $config = [
      * 'certdir' parameter below. When 'certdir' is specified as a relative
      * path, it will be interpreted as relative to the SimpleSAMLphp root
      * directory. Note that locations with no prefix included will be treated
-     * as file locations for backwards compatibility.
+     * as file locations.
      */
     'certdir' => 'cert/',
 
diff --git a/src/SimpleSAML/Utils/Crypto.php b/src/SimpleSAML/Utils/Crypto.php
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ private function retrieveCertOrKey(string $data_type, string $location, bool $fu
 
             return(null);
         } elseif (strncmp($location, 'file://', 7) === 0) {
-            # For backwards compatibility, locations without a prefix are assumed to be file locations.
+            # Locations without a prefix are assumed to be file locations.
             # So just remove prefix and fall through
 
             $location = substr($location, 7);
