[pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Fwd: Calamares-installer 64bit testing-live

[Jonathan Carter]

Dear cryptsetup maintainers

Please see message below. I just want to make you aware that your
updates to cryptsetup 2.1 during the freeze that now defaults to luks2
(which grub2 in debian currently doesn't support) has consequences to
debian users and contributors and that we have to scramble to find
solutions now.

-Jonathan


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Subject: Re: Calamares-installer 64bit testing-live
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 11:57:33 +0200
From: Jonathan Carter <jcc at debian.org>
Organization: Debian
To: debian-live at lists.debian.org

Hi Dernsen

On 2019/04/06 11:03, Dernsen wrote:
> I tried last debian-live-testing-cinnamon-nonfree 64bit image and tried
> calamares-installer with luks-encryption. Had 64bit, MBR, bios: 
> 
> 1.tried full disk installation option - > can't boot - > luks2-encrypted
> root-partition.
> 
> 2. Tried install on extern-hdd with calamares "substitue partition
> option" (i use german, so i don't know the original translations) - >
> same outcome with luks2 encrypted partition.
> 
> As compare i tried same scenario with linux mint debian edition 3 with
> calamares installer. Both options worked as result with luks1 encrypted
> partition. 
> The manjaro-guys had similar problem with calamares and luks2 encrypted
> partitions a few weeks ago...
> 
> Is calamares&encryption really working for you with your testing machines?

No, you're right, it's broken in Debian right now. LMDE still has
cryptsetup 2.0 and afaik manjaro temporarily downgraded back to
cryptsetup 2.0.

It seems that right now, it's going to be best to patch calamares to
specify '--with-default-luks-format=LUKS1' when doing the luksFormat.

-Jonathan

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