[pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#509070: cryptsetup: readd timeout support

[Christoph Anton Mitterer]

Package: cryptsetup
Version: 2:1.0.6-6
Severity: wishlist

This is of course not very important and could happen at a later stage.

I'd suggest that timeout support is readded because it could be  
useful, e.g. when some script tries to map a dm-crypt device, but the  
usb-stick containing the key is not inserted, but the device is not so  
important for that script.
Perhaps the same applies for the boot process.

I'd suggest that timeout control is the task of cryptsetup's higher  
scripts at lest not that of the keyscripts.

One solution would be to start the keyscript with something like  
/usr/share/doc/bash/examples/scripts/timeout .

I'd probably need help here too. Where would changes be have to  
applied? The initramfs-scripts? Scripts like cryptdisk_start? What else?

thanks,
Chris.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
   APT prefers unstable
   APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages cryptsetup depends on:
ii  dmsetup                      2:1.02.27-4 The Linux Kernel Device  
Mapper use
ii  libc6                        2.7-16      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdevmapper1.02.1           2:1.02.27-4 The Linux Kernel Device  
Mapper use
ii  libpopt0                     1.14-4      lib for parsing cmdline  
parameters
ii  libuuid1                     1.41.3-1    universally unique id library

cryptsetup recommends no packages.

Versions of packages cryptsetup suggests:
ii  dosfstools                    3.0.1-1    utilities for making and checking
ii  initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.92m      tools for generating an initramfs
ii  udev                          0.125-7    /dev/ and hotplug  
management daemo

-- no debconf information


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