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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Why the insistence on encryption and multiple devices?
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 22:32:01
Message-Id: 11449111.oZoyu4c02s@peak
1 Hello list,
2
3 I'm installing a new xfce4 system on a 4-core 32-bit Celeron box, and portage
4 is insisting that I install encryption software, whether I want it or not. I
5 don't.
6
7 The requirement seems to come from this line in the libblockdev ebuild:
8
9 IUSE="bcache +cryptsetup device-mapper dmraid doc escrow lvm kbd test +tools
10 vdo"
11
12 Can anyone tell me why a utility library is imposing both cryptsetup and raid
13 on me, neither of which I either need or want?
14
15 Incidentally, I also have cryptsetup on this plasma box, regardless of need -
16 though I do use raid here.
17
18 --
19 Regards,
20 Peter.

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