Bug#1079644: systemd: Separate systemd-cryptsetup package makes my system unbootable

[Raphael Rigo]

Package: systemd
Version: 256.5-1
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

The split of cryptsetup support into a separate package (in 256-2) was
done without adding a relevant entry in NEWS.Debian. Note: my system
does not install "Recommends" packages by default.

As a result, my system was left in an hard to debug and unbootable
state. The problem is the same as described in bug #1076208 reported
against cryptsetup:

/etc/crypttab contains two entries, the second is unlocked by a keyfile
which is stored on the first disk:

nc2t		UUID=9236f6a3-9dd6-4c83-8bb9-157b789b37d8	none		luks,discard,initramfs
backup_c	UUID=2beaecb5-2939-43e9-bb44-d06ce3a3a122	/root/luks_keys/backup_lvm	luks,discard

At boot time, systemd timeouts while waiting for the following entry in
fstab:
UUID="e9993ce4-dff2-45a5-b594-84cb28b3e36c"	/mnt/backup	ext4	defaults    0	1

installing the systemd-cryptsetup package fixes the problem.

It would be nice to have (at least):

- an entry in NEWS.Debian to warn about this new important split
- an entry in the crypttab man page

Thanks,
Raphaël Rigo


-- Package-specific info:

-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.10.6-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_USER
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to fr_FR.UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages systemd depends on:
ii  libacl1            2.3.2-2
ii  libapparmor1       3.1.7-1+b1
ii  libaudit1          1:4.0.1-1
ii  libblkid1          2.40.2-7
ii  libc6              2.39-7
ii  libcap2            1:2.66-5
ii  libmount1          2.40.2-7
ii  libpam0g           1.5.3-7
ii  libseccomp2        2.5.5-1+b1
ii  libselinux1        3.7-1+b1
ii  libssl3t64         3.3.1-7
ii  libsystemd-shared  256.5-1
ii  libsystemd0        256.5-1
ii  mount              2.40.2-7

Versions of packages systemd recommends:
ii  dbus [default-dbus-system-bus]  1.14.10-4+b1
ii  libzstd1                        1.5.6+dfsg-1
pn  linux-sysctl-defaults           <none>
ii  openntpd [time-daemon]          1:6.2p3-4.2+b2
ii  systemd-cryptsetup              256.5-1

Versions of packages systemd suggests:
ii  libcryptsetup12                                 2:2.7.4-1
ii  libgcrypt20                                     1.11.0-6
ii  libidn2-0                                       2.3.7-2
ii  liblz4-1                                        1.9.4-3
ii  liblzma5                                        5.6.2-2
pn  libtss2-rc0t64                                  <none>
ii  libtss2-tcti-device0t64 [libtss2-tcti-device0]  4.1.3-1
ii  polkitd                                         125-2
pn  systemd-boot                                    <none>
pn  systemd-container                               <none>
pn  systemd-homed                                   <none>
pn  systemd-repart                                  <none>
pn  systemd-resolved                                <none>
pn  systemd-userdbd                                 <none>

Versions of packages systemd is related to:
ii  dbus-user-session  1.14.10-4+b1
pn  dracut             <none>
ii  initramfs-tools    0.145
pn  libnss-systemd     <none>
ii  libpam-systemd     256.5-1
ii  udev               256.5-1

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/systemd/journald.conf changed [not included]
/etc/systemd/logind.conf changed [not included]
/etc/systemd/system.conf changed [not included]

-- no debconf information