Bug#370180: [Pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#370180: cryptsetup: cryptroot initramfs hook script fails if root blockdevice has no options in /etc/crypttab

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

On June 4, david at 2gen.com said:

 > I've committed a fix to cryptsetup SVN. It will be included in the next 
 > upload.

Great, thanks!

i'm also attaching a patch for
/usr/share/initramfs/scripts/local-top/cryptroot which should properly
handle missing (i.e. default) arguments for a standard cryptsetup root
blockdevice during the boot phase.  Note that the default
{hash,cipher,size} args that are currently present in this script in
SVN don't actually match the default args as specified in man
cryptsetup!  This seems like potential trouble to me.  i hope you find
the attached patch reasonable and useful.  The patch should apply
against the current pkg-cryptsetup SVN.

Sadly, the hard disk i was testing these changes on developed physical
sector errors just yesterday, and i've had to start over fresh.  so
again, this patch isn't properly tested :( In my new
installation/recovery to a new disk, i've gone with LUKS, since that
seems to be the upcoming standard.

When i get a chance, i'd be happy to try out this installation on a
new rig, but i've got nothing to play with at the moment to really
verify that it all works properly.

Thanks for all your work on this,

	--dkg

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