[pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#768407: Bug#768407: cryptsetup: dm-crypt disk unlocks on older Debian, does not on current testing

[Quentin Lefebvre]

Hi Jonas,

On 17/12/2014 14:31, Jonas Meurer wrote :
> Am 17.12.2014 um 12:32 schrieb Quentin Lefebvre:
>> IN my opinion, the problem comes from Debian's askpass utility, as I
>> tried to mention earlier. The point is that the function systemd_read(),
>> which is used by default with a new Debian Jessie system, does not
>> remove the trailing '\n' at the end of the input, while it should.
>>
>> You can find attached the patch for askpass.c, which fixes the bug.
>
> thanks for the patch. Now I see that this is a systemd-only problem with
> askpass.c, which explains why few people ran into it yet.

Right. Just keep in mind that systemd is the default when you install 
Debian Jessie. So I consider there is quite a big issue here.

> I'll incorporate your patch into the next upload, hopefully in time for
> jessie.

Cool! I hope it will be in time.

Thanks for your work.

Cheers,
Quentin