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

[Cyril Brulebois]

Cyril Brulebois <kibi at debian.org> (2025-05-25):
> 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?!”.

I've just verified, and indeed debootstrap doesn't install systemd's
Recommends. It's not just systemd-cryptsetup, but also systemd-timesyncd
(which was split 1+ release cycle ago)…

IOW: We're just moving with the flow here, and if people feel this
should be installed everywhere, an argument could be made about the
Priority. systemd-timesyncd is standard, systemd-cryptsetup is only
optional, meaning the former gets pulled by d-i (unless opting-out)
while the latter doesn't.


I'll let others (maybe systemd maintainers in particular) comment and/or
act on this if they feel this should be addressed, I think that's
getting out of scope (or at least orthogonal enough) for what we were
meaning to fix here: missing package for some use cases when we know
(during installation) encryption is being set up.

Just uploaded partman-crypto.


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