[pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Is cryptsetup 1.0.6 unofficial/Debian-only ?

[pavel_mendl at centrum.cz]

Thanks a lot for info. Going to configure secure part of my new HDD...

Pavel
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> Od: clemens at endorphin.org
> Komu: Pavel Mendl <pavel_mendl at centrum.cz>
> CC: pkg-cryptsetup-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org
> Datum: 08.10.2008 12:32
> Předmět: Re: Is cryptsetup 1.0.6 unofficial/Debian-only ?
>
>At Wed, 8 Oct 2008 12:10:55 +0200,
>Pavel Mendl wrote:
>> 
>> Dear community friends,
>> 
>> first of all: sorry to disturb. 
>> Be it another kind of package, I would silently ignore the versioning 
>> inconsistency, but in cryptology it is better to be paranoid than sorry.
>> 
>> I am about to instal cryptsetup on my Debian/lenny production desktop 
>> installation. Checking the version I have found 2:1.0.6-6 for the Debian 
>> packaging system (http://packages.debian.org/lenny/cryptsetup), while 1.0.5 
>> last release reported on the project reference homepage 
>> (http://luks.endorphin.org/dm-crypt).
>> 
>> I would still take it for not-in-sync case between luks and Debian versioning, 
>> should I not read on Debian page:
>> Download Source Package cryptsetup: 
>> [cryptsetup_1.0.6-6.dsc]
>> [cryptsetup_1.0.6.orig.tar.gz]
>> [cryptsetup_1.0.6-6.diff.gz]
>> what resembles original distribution in (unreported) version 1.0.6 again.
>> 
>> Any feedback welcome (even brief "It's ok, just no time to maintain web 
>> news" - I know the feeling myself ;-) ).
>
>Not entirely but almost "unmaintained website" :)
>http://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup/ is now LUKS project home.
>http://luks.endorphin.org isn't yet updated to reflect that change. Will do that later today.
>
>-- 
>Fruhwirth Clemens - http://clemens.endorphin.org 
>