On mar., 2012-10-23 at 05:44 -0400, Jim F wrote: > Thanks for your reply, Arno. > > > The reason there are no such scripts in the cryptsetup package > > is that it would not make sense to put them in there, as they > > would be completely different for different distributions. > > Perhaps we're using the word 'package' differently. If one executes > "dpkg -L cryptsetup" on Debian, Ubuntu or Mint, one does see the > associated init crypto scripts. I was saying I don't see them in the > source code at http://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup They seem to be maintained in svn at http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/pkg-cryptsetup/cryptsetup/trunk/debian/ > > I understand now that the scripts can be specific to the distribution. > But I've also observed that they're identical or virtually so for > Debian, Ubuntu & Mint for each release of cryptsetup. For example, the > cryptroot scripts are exactly the same for deb-test-121015 & kubuntu > 12.10. FWIW, they're both at cryptsetup 1.4.3. Indeed, they flow from Debian to derivatives. > > One thing I still don't understand is where the scripts are for (say) > cryptsetup 1.5.1. I haven't seen a distribution for that version. Does > that mean they don't exist yet? Yes. > I've seen that the scripts may need to > be modified as functionality is added to cryptsetup, e.g. > --allow-discards. So while my use of cryptsetup 1.4.1 with my modified > 1.1.3 scripts worked for my purpose, that system I created doesn't > support discards/TRIM requests even though the option is in cryptsetup. > Accordingly, the scripts can also be specific to the cryptsetup > version. That might suggest that someone is enhancing the scripts as > features are added to cryptsetup. Yup, although isn't discard supported in /etc/crypttab ? > > Regarding your recommendations, I'll make the changes to the 1.4.3 > scripts and submit them to Debian. Can someone tell me how to do that? > I looked at debian.org and see maybe hundreds of mailing lists but > nothing obvious about the submission process if it's not a bug. Well, that's considered a bug anyway. Just use reportbug cryptsetup and set the severity to wishlist. > > Regarding Mint, I thought it is based on Debian via Ubuntu. It looks > like I would use the "idea module" of the Mint web site. But is there > an advantage to submitting to Mint, too, since as you say, it should > eventually propagate down? My advice would be to fix it in Debian first and let it flow down to derivatives. Regards, -- Yves-Alexis _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
