Bug 390657 – sys-fs/loop-aes - remove sys-apps/util-linux[loop-aes] dependency while continue providing service to users

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Alon Bar-Lev 2011-11-15 19:51:09 UTC]

Created attachment 292679 [details]
loop-aes-losetup-2.19.1-r1.ebuild

Following our discussion[1].

Attached is an ebuild that installs only patched version of losetup.

This enables control loop-aes without need of util-linux patches.

Somewhat uncomfortable as you need to losetup and then mount... but the advantage is that it is easier to maintain.

[1] http://dev.c1pher.net/index.php/2011/06/loop-aes-should-it-be-treecleaned/

[Comment 1 Alon Bar-Lev 2011-11-15 19:58:40 UTC]

Of course at loop-aes should:
-DEPEND=">=sys-apps/util-linux-2.12r[crypt,loop-aes]"
+DEPEND="sys-apps/loop-aes-losetup"

Please also update loop-aes to latest, bug#388759 no reason to wait.

[Comment 2 Alon Bar-Lev 2011-11-15 20:01:53 UTC]

Also note:
The static USE that was removed from util-linux was important for initramfs configurations.
I added back this USE.

[Comment 3 Alon Bar-Lev 2011-11-15 23:26:32 UTC]

Created attachment 292711 [details]
loop-aes-losetup-2.19.1-r1.ebuild

[Comment 4 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) 2011-11-16 16:25:15 UTC]

Please don't CC random people.

[Comment 5 Robin Johnson 2012-01-07 01:07:59 UTC]

Re-adding c1pher as the loop-aes maintainer.

[Comment 6 Alon Bar-Lev (RETIRED) 2012-12-16 08:48:39 UTC]

Hello all,

I want to go forward with this change.

Anyone rejects?

Alon

[Comment 7 Alon Bar-Lev (RETIRED) 2013-01-04 22:45:21 UTC]

OK, in tree.

app-crypt/loop-aes-losetup

sys-fs/loop-aes-3.6g:
DEPEND="|| ( >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.12r[crypt,loop-aes] app-crypt/loop-aes-losetup )"