Re: The util-linux reorganisation
On 17-Mar-2001 J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 17:27:36 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
>> - What's the state of crypto in woody? I want to either add the crypto
>> patch to util-linux or make a util-linux-crypto package.
>
> The "crypto" patch to util-linux does not contain actual cryptographic code;
> it merely provides a way to use the crypto provided by a kernel patched with
> kernel-patch-i. The issue of such "hooks" to crypto was settled a long time
> ago
> ("hooks" can go into main; look e.g. for the disappearance of a separate
> "mutt-i" package) and Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 was released with versions of
> mount/losetup that supported encrypted filesystems (see e.g. bug #78263).
>
> IMO the "crypto" patch should be integrated into the regular util-linux
> package ASAP to make unstable have the same functionality as our latest
> release.
>
One has to have a kernel-i patched kernel floating around for testing, if not
compiling this way. It is a very grey case.
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