[pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#665494: Bug#665494: [cryptsetup] decrypt_gnupg incorrectly assumes /usr/bin/gpg is available on root partition

[Jonas Meurer]

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Hello Jean Pierre,

Am 24.03.2012 18:42, schrieb LeJacq, Jean Pierre:
> On systems that use separate encrypted logical volumes for "/" and
> "/usr', the decrypt_gnupg will fail due to the unavailability of
> gpg since it is not available.
> 
> Note that the gpg executable copied into the initramfs image is not
> available after the root volume is decrypted.

you're right with both observations. Unforatunately there's no easy
way to fix this bug. It's a typical chicken-egg-problem. I'll add a
comment to the documentation which explains this limitation.

Regards,
 jonas
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