[pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#595331: new version of crypttab doesn't work without changing config file: it is uncompatible with previous version

Mon Sep 20 10:44:13 UTC 2010

On Mon, 2010-09-20 at 12:55 +0400, Dmitry E. Oboukhov wrote:
> CAM> less /usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/NEWS.Debian.gz
> 
> It is a wrong way.
> If a user upgrades his system from lenny to squeeze, he wont be able
> to read *all* changed packages' news.
> 
> I think that tests must show warning and then call blkid. You have
> changed the well-working program to fail-working program and written
> news about it. Most of users who use test 'ext2' (and other) will have
> problem in the first reboot.
I've had once cleanly rewritten all those checks scripts including some
wrappers with warnings around the blkid check script providing the
legacy ext2,xfs,swap check scripts.

All these were however rejected for obscure reasons.

I have no further automatic migration solution.

Chris.
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