[arch-general] [RFC] patches to initscripts
Tom Gundersen
teg at jklm.no
Mon Dec 6 19:17:09 EST 2010
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 1:10 AM, Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org> wrote:
> I pushed everything to the official git tree.
Great!
> There's one more thing about the check in the SWAP area of the crypttab
> code: Instead of using isLuks to check for a LUKS device, check with
> blkid whether there is any valid file system signature on it.
>
> The problem is: If blkid finds more than one valid signature, it will
> not return anything, and we will mistakenly believe that there is no
> file system (and happily overwrite the drive). This part of initscripts
> is giving me a headache everytime I touch it.
Hmmm... Interesting... I'll put this on my mental TODO list and have a
look next time I have time.
Cheers,
Tom
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