[pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#1092977: debian-installer: systemd-cryptsetup package not installed on encrypted system

[Cyril Brulebois]

Pascal Hambourg <pascal at plouf.fr.eu.org> (2025-05-24):
> I subscribed to debian-boot in 2021.

OK. :)

> Boot with debian-trixie-DI-rc1-amd64-netinst.iso, expert install, no
> hack in the shell, encrypted /home using only regular menus ->
> installed system boot: no passphrase prompt, fallback to emergency
> shell. Install systemd-cryptsetup -> it works without any additional
> configuration.

OK, thanks for confirming. I'm not sure if the logic around the
cryptsetup-initramfs installation did or would pick up that use case.
Was cryptsetup-initramfs installed?

I'm not sure how to best spot the need for systemd-cryptsetup in those
cases, I'm really just familiar with the usual guided encrypted LVM
scenario… If someone wants to propose some logic, I'm all ears.

What do /etc/fstab and /etc/crypttab look like?

> Quoting Guilhem, "after all, systemd-cryptsetup used to be included in
> the systemd binary package up to bookworm".

Sure, tbut hat doesn't mean I want to compare what used to be bundled into
systemd in a previous version, and the new contents of systemd-cryptsetup
after the split. systemd and related packages tend to move fast, sometimes
breaking things, hence my erring on the side of caution. Guilhem's initial
feedback is more than appeasing there of course.


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (kibi at debian.org)            <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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