[Pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#488128: Bug#488128: cryptsetup: Please support comments at the end of lines in /etc/crypttab

[James Westby]

On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 08:38 +0200, David Härdeman wrote:
> On Thu, June 26, 2008 18:39, James Westby wrote:
> > https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cryptsetup/+bug/185380
> >
> > a user had problems due to attempting to use a comment at the end of the
> > line in /etc/crypttab. It would be great if you could support this.
> >
> > The following patch by Reinhard Tartler is used in Ubuntu to allow
> > this. Please consider applying it.
> 
> How can you know that someone isn't already using a "#" character in the
> keyfile parameter of crypttab? (It isn't strictly paths only, it can be
> any argument to a keyscript).
> 

Hi,

That's a reasonable concern, and I hadn't considered that case.

You are obviously far more familiar with the package that I, so you
will be best judged to determine if there is more risk in adding
the patch and giving problems to someone who is using a #, and the
confusion to users who expect comments to be supported at the ends
of lines.

Thanks,

James