[pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#783297: Bug#783297: breaks initramfs if BUSYBOX=n

[Michael Biebl]

Am 25.12.2015 um 14:46 schrieb Jonas Meurer:
> Am 26.04.2015 um 01:35 schrieb Michael Biebl:
>> On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 16:22:13 +0200 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> wrote:
>>> if the cryptsetup package is installed, it also installed a
>>> initramfs-tools hook.
>>>
>>> I use BUSYBOX=no in initramfs.conf, but the  cryptroot hook copies
>>> /bin/busybox to the initramfs nonetheless.
>>>
>>> As a result, the initramfs is unable to boot the system
>>
>> I looked into this in more detail, and the culprit seems to be
>> /usr/share/initramfs-tools/conf-hooks.d/cryptsetup
>> which forcefully set's
>> BUSYBOX=y.
> 
> Yes, cryptsetup initramfs scripts do depend on busybox. At least this
> was the case some years ago.
> 
> As cryptsetup can be used without initramfs (e.g. only home partition or
> removable storage encrypted), the cryptsetup package doesn't depend on
> "initramfs-tools, busybox" but merely recommends them.

If you want to cleanly support those two different use cases, it looks
like the cleanest solution would be, to ship the initramfs integration
in a separate binary package, say cryptsetup-initramfs-tools.

This subpackage would have a strict dependency on initramfs-tools and
busybox. The main cryptsetup package could have a recommends on that
subpackage.

Regards,
Michael

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