Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 16:18:56 +0200
From: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
To: Dubiousjim <dubiousjim@gmail.com>
Cc: alpine-devel@lists.alpinelinux.org
Subject: Re: [alpine-devel] [PATCH 1/2] main/cryptsetup: add rc script from
 Gentoo
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On Fri, 28 Jun 2013 04:52:41 -0400
Dubiousjim <dubiousjim@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 08:42:14AM +0200, Natanael Copa wrote:
> > On Thu, 27 Jun 2013 02:12:03 -0400
> > Dubiousjim <dubiousjim@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > One can already open a crypted / at startup using cryptroot= and cryptdm= options in the kernel
> > > command line, thanks to mkinitfs's init script.
> > > 
> > > This patch enables opening OTHER crypted volumes at startup, and also using a crypted swap.
> > 
> > I agree that this is a feature we want. I am not convinced that we want
> > do it gentoo style though. I wonder if we should go for
> > a /etc/crypttab, debian/fedora style instead. What do you think?
> > 
> > http://linux.die.net/man/5/crypttab
> 
> I've got no attachment to the Gentoo implementation. One con is it's not
> that lightweight. The pros were that it's flexible and already designed
> for OpenRC. I wanted such a thing for a system I was setting up
> remotely, and that's what I found, so I thought I'd pass it on.

One benefit is that we could let gentoo maintain it, in case we go this
route.

> I'll have a look at the Fedora implementation instead, when I get a
> chance. I used to use Arch, and they had something like that.

I think thats what systemd uses so they are probably similar. I think
systemd style tries to be compatible with debians /etc/crypttab too.

googling on 'gentoo crypttab' gives some interesting results too.

specifically: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53147

> Sorry about the cleanup needed for the other patches. I didn't bump the
> pkgrels because it seemed too presumptive! :-)

np. sorry for being late at applying them.

-nc


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