Hi, I've been using loop-AES on my Red Hat 7.1 (ancient) system for
a while now, probably since 2001. Now I've upgraded to FC5 and
I'm faced with the difficult task of getting loop-AES working on it.
I've kept notes from my RH7.1 machine on what I had to do back
then, and it looks like things haven't changed all that much for FC5.
I guess I'll find out soon.
My question has to do with incorporating loop-AES into FC5
while still allowing system maintenance using Yum / RPM's.
I'm new to using RPM's and Yum. Prior to now I've just installed
things manually using tar files and such. But now I see the light.
I want to keep things maintained rather than letting things get
out of control like before. Before I just had to accept that my
system couldn't be upgraded without spending 8 hours tracking
down dependencies manually just to upgrade to the latest
version of Shockwave or something. It was ridiculous.
So I see the value of using RPM's and Yum. What I'd like
is an RPM that would let me use loop-AES for FC5. I don't
think any exist. Is that right? And I'd like to just be able to
say "yum update" and not worry about having it install
something that breaks loop-AES stuff.
I know in the past the docs said to turn off the cryptoloop
driver and disable the loop device driver in the kernel config
settings. Then recompile the kernel. Then patch gnupg with
a patch file. Then compile loop-AES which will copy a new
loop.o to /lib/modules. Then patch util-linux. Then install
ciphers.
I assume the same process would be needed to install it
for FC5.
Problem is, once I patch stuff manually, I'm no longer able
to put those programs under RPM / Yum control. Am I? I
mean won't they just get overwritten once I do an update
("yum update")? So I'd have to somehow remove it from
RPM control first, which I don't know how to do yet. And then
I'd have to manually update the various items (kernel,
util-linux, gnupg, loop-AES) from time to time, which is
undesirable.
So how do you all handle this? Do you just not update your
systems once you've gotten loop-AES working? Or do you
create your own RPM's? I don't know how to go about all
that. It's new to me. I know I have to learn more about Yum
and RPM package management.
Advice?
Thanks,
- Steve
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