[arch-projects] [initscripts][RFC] cryptsetup: deprecate old syntax and default to the systemd one

Marcos Lenharo lenharo at gmail.com
Sat Jul 28 22:40:17 EDT 2012


 <teg <at> jklm.no> writes:

> 
> From: Tom Gundersen <teg <at> jklm.no>
> 
> We detect if the old syntax is used, and if so print a warning and use
> the old parsing code. Otherwise, we pass everything on to
> systemd-cryptsetup. Similarly to what was done with the network syntax,
> we intend to keep the legacy stuff working for a long time.
> 
> See crypttab(5) for the new syntax[0].
> 
> The main reason for this change, is to be closer to what other distros
> do. The systemd syntax is based on Debian's format, and is essentially
> what is being used by at least Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora and Suse. Such
> widespread use means that it will be better documented in
> non-Arch-specific documentation, and is more likely to see integration
> with third-party tools. It is also surely appreciated by admins who
> use more than one distro, that they don't have to know more than one
> config format for these sorts of basic things.


Hi,

there is other problem too: systemd-cryptsetup handles keyfile differently from
cryptosetup itself on plain mode (without LUKS).

I have some partitions encrypted using plain mode and the new crypttab syntax
does not mount them due to the differences on handling keyfiles.
I even fired a bug against systemd explaining the differences and asking for
compatibility (https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52630)

So also for me, unfortunatelly the new syntax (and the usage of
systemd-cryptosetup) is also a no-no.

Best regards,
Marcos





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