Accepted: cryptsetup 2:1.0.6-1ubuntu1 (source)

Martin Pitt martin.pitt at ubuntu.com
Mon May 26 08:57:31 BST 2008


Hi Reinhard,

Reinhard Tartler [2008-05-25 21:10 -0000]:
>    * Merge new debian version. Remaining changes:

Thanks for the merge!

>      - cryptsetup is linked dynamically against libgcrypt and libgpg-error.
>        This will break systems where /usr is a separate encrypted filesystem
>        but not have other bad consequences (in particular, systems with
>        encrypted root are still fine).  The upsides include better
>        security supportability and smaller packages.

How so? For that very reason we ship these libraries in /lib?

>      - stop usplash on user input. LP #62751
>      - debian/cryptdisks.functions: Always output and read from the console.
>        LP #58794.

Hm, password input for the root fs under usplash works fine. What's
the reason why we need to keep using the console for further
passwords?

Thank you!

Martin
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