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Hello All loop-aes Users, |
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Up to now, every time a new version of util-linux was out, we had to |
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wait for loop-aes patch in order to use it within loop-aes |
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environment. |
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The dependency between loop-aes and util-linux was hard to maintain |
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for both base-system, crypto and users. |
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Basically, all we need is the losetup utility out of util-linux to |
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support loop-aes specific options, this because we can perform losetup |
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and then standard mount/umount over the loop device. |
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I added a new package loop-aes-losetup which builds a specific version |
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of util-linux with loop-aes patch, and installs only losetup utility |
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as loop-aes-losetup. This will enable to drop the loop-aes patches |
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from util-linux and ease maintenance and usage. |
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People who wish to migrate to the new setup can do this now, by using |
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the loop-aes-losetup utility instead of losetup when dealing with |
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loop-aes loop devices, or replacing mount with loop-aes specific |
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options with loop-aes-losetup and mount. |
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I will be happy to answer any question regarding the above, please CC me. |
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Regards, |
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Alon Bar-Lev. |