[pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#779612: Bug#779612: systemd-sysv,cryptsetup: systemd-sysv, cryptsetup should recommend plymouth; without plymouth cryptsetup prompts are unusable

[Julien Cristau]

On Sun, Mar  8, 2015 at 12:45:28 +0100, Jonas Meurer wrote:

> Hi Gordon,
> 
> thanks for the bugreport. I escalate this bugreport to the
> debian-release team, asking for advice: would you accept another
> cryptsetup upload targeted to jessie in order to add 'plymouth' to the
> list of recommended packages?
> 
> Am 03.03.2015 um 03:43 schrieb Gordon Morehouse:
> > Booting in jessie is currently nearly impossible with multiple cryptsetup
> > volumes which are mounted at boot time.  systemd spews messages over the
> > prompt and there's a 90-second timeout while typing blind.  Please see
> > the bug report[1] and discussion on debian-qa[2].
> > 
> > The bug appears to be "fixed" by installing plymouth, so it's proposed that
> > systemd-sysv and cryptsetup should at least recommend plymouth.
> 
> I agree that plymouth should be pulled in per default on jessie
> installations with systemd and cryptsetup. While I don't know nothing
> about systemd without plymouth, when cryptsetup comes into play,
> plymouth is critical for the interactive password prompt at boot.
> 
> Therefore I agree with the bug submitter, that cryptsetup in jessie
> should recommend plymouth.
> 
Does a recommend help at all, when plymouth doesn't do anything without
a cmdline change?

Cheers,
Julien
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