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Bug#690423: unblock: dropbear/2012.55-1.2



On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 01:17:33PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 13:02:12 +0200, Jérémy Bobbio wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 12:44:12PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> > > > Please unblock package dropbear. Uploads 2012.55-1.1 and -1.2 fixed
> > > > #630581 which prevented the "remote unlock" feature to work correctly
> > > > on Wheezy. This initramfs hook allows to easily add the possibility to
> > > > enter the system encryption passphrase using SSH. It would not be a good
> > > > user experience to require admins to recover physical access for these
> > > > setups after upgrading to Wheezy.
> > > > 
> > > What guarantees that dropbear owns /etc/passwd and /etc/nsswitch.conf
> > > inside the initramfs, and that it's not stomping on some other package's
> > > stuff?
> > 
> > This unblock request is about fixing an upgrade issue. As far as I know,
> > no bugs have ever been reported against dropbear about preventing other
> > package's hooks to work. If dropbear was stomping on some feet, it was
> > already doing it in Squeeze.
> > 
> Touching nsswitch.conf is new in your patch afaict.

Would you like me to perform another upload removing the line creating
/etc/nsswitch.conf? I don't really see the need, but it can surely be
done.

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Jérémy Bobbio                        .''`. 
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