Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Full disk encryption

[Michael Mol]

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 1:58 PM, David W Noon <dwnoon@××××××××.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Dec 2011 08:55:35 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote about Re:
> [gentoo-user] Re: Full disk encryption:
>
>> On Dec 1, 2011 3:32 AM, "David W Noon" <dwnoon@××××××××.com> wrote:
>> > I have a working initramfs layout, but currently it is too large
>> > (>32MiB) for my /boot partition.  The problem package is e2fsprogs,
>> > as it requires dynamic linkage and, consequently, a full-sized
>> > glibc. This sucks, so I need to patch the Makefile(s) to build a
>> > more sensible set of executables for an initramfs.
> [snip]
>> You know, Debian has an e2fsck-static package. Why don't Gentoo,  I
>> wonder...
>>
>> That said, you *can* have an "almost-static" e2fsck if you compile it
>> yourself.
>
> Clearly you have not tried this yourself. [I have.]
>
> The reason modern e2fsprogs no longer have the static option is that
> the Makefile logic has long been neglected for the static modules and
> they no longer build correctly to produce e2fsck.static.  I am
> currently (on and off) building a patched Makefile to correct this, but
> the build is so convoluted that it is something of a chore.

I like Gentoo because I'm a perpetual edge case. This and mdev makes
two edge-case things you're tackling in your spare time that I know
of...Drop me a line if you're ever in the vicinity of Grand Rapids,
MI. I'll buy you a beer.

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