Hi Max, On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 03:54:34AM +0200, Max Vozeler wrote: > I just noticed that util-linux 2.12p-4 is now in testing - somewhat > unexpectedly for me, since the last discussion on -release seemed to > conclude that updating it was out of question. > loop-aes-utils 2.12p-4 has been held out of testing as it depends > on versions of mount (>=2.12p-1) that use libblkid, which I added in > order to keep both packages synced for sarge. > The difference now in upstream versions between util-linux and > loop-aes-utils is suboptimal for a number of reasons: > - Bugs fixed in mount between 2.12a and 2.12p resurface if users > install loop-aes-utils 2.12a-3 > - Security updates are probably complicated by having two different > upstream versions of setuid /bin/mount. > - Translations from util-linux-locales 2.12p may not apply to the > code from 2.12a. > loop-aes-utils 2.12p-4 is the same as the mount parts of util-linux > 2.12p-4, modulo the loop-AES patch. It should be identical to it in > terms of non-crypto bugs and features. > The current version has been in unstable for 47 days with no bugs > reported against it, and for above reasons, I would like to ask you > to make a freeze exception for this package. Yes, given that this was only blocked by util-linux before, I'm going to go ahead and push it in. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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