[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> (2025-05-25):
> Just for my own education, how come systemd-cryptsetup was already
> included in netinst ? As a Recommends: of other included packages ?

Likely.

> Tested successfully with the two following use cases:
> - manual partitioning with encrypted /home -> bug fixed
> - guided partitioning with encrypted LVM -> no regression

Thank you.

> Note: users who install without any encryption and later add an
> encrypted volume will still need to install systemd-cryptsetup in
> addition to cryptsetup, so Trixie's behaviour will not be the same as
> previous releases.  The only way to keep the same behaviour would be
> to always install systemd-cryptesetup.

Things change over time, we can't install the exact same system all the
time. I'm not entirely sure about what to do with this particular
package… to me it kind of looks like “I want to use LVM all of sudden
and now I have to install lvm2?!”.


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