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BACKGROUND: |
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Am preparing for the xorg update, and hal wants to bring in cryptsetup: |
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('ebuild', '/', 'sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.5-r1', 'merge') pulled in by |
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>=sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.5 required by ('ebuild', '/', |
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'sys-apps/hal-0.5.11-r8', 'merge') |
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A quick look at the ebuild reveals this: |
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IUSE="X acpi apm crypt debug dell disk-partition doc laptop selinux |
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${KERNEL_IUSE}" |
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RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/dbus-glib-0.61 |
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>=dev-libs/glib-2.14 |
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>=dev-libs/expat-1.95.8 |
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>=dev-libs/libusb-0.1.10a |
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>=sys-apps/pciutils-2.2.7-r1 |
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>=dev-util/gperf-3.0.3 |
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sys-apps/usbutils |
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virtual/eject |
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amd64? ( >=sys-apps/dmidecode-2.7 ) |
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dell? ( >=sys-libs/libsmbios-0.13.4 ) |
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disk-partition? ( >=sys-apps/parted-1.8.0 ) |
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ia64? ( >=sys-apps/dmidecode-2.7 ) |
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kernel_linux? ( |
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>=sys-fs/udev-117 |
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>=sys-apps/util-linux-2.13 |
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>=sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.19 |
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crypt? ( >=sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.5 ) |
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) |
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(I'm aware of the udev vs cryptsetup workaround listed in bugzilla) |
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QUESTIONS: |
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1. Is cryptsetup really necessary on non-encrypted systems? It appears |
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to be both setting, and then testing for crypt. If it does require |
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cryptsetup, then Why? |
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2. I'm using loop-aes. If the answer to question number 1 is yes, then |
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will hal have an issue with loop-aes/loop devices? |
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Thanks in advance....... Newbie |
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