#11702: libblockdev-2.21
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Reporter: bdubbs | Owner: bdubbs
Type: enhancement | Status: assigned
Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.5
Component: BOOK | Version: SVN
Severity: normal | Resolution:
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Comment (by bdubbs):
Notable changes
* crypto
* default key size for LUKS was changed to 512bit
* tools
* new simple cli tools that use libblockdev
* first tool is lvm-cache-stats for displaying stats for LVM cache
devices
* use configure option --without-tools to disable building these
Full list of changes
* Use libblkid to check swap status before swapon
* Add error codes and Python exceptions for swapon fails
* Add libblkid-devel as a build dependency for the swap plugin
* Skip VDO grow physical test
* crypto_test.py: Use blkid instead of lsblk to check luks label
* Use major/minor macros from sys/sysmacros.h instead of linux/kdev_t.h
* Add custom error message for wrong passphrase for open
* Skip LUKS2+integrity test on systems without dm-integrity module
* Use cryptsetup to check LUKS2 label
* Fix LUKS2 resize password test
* crypto: Do not try to use keyring on systems without keyring support
* lvm-dbus: Do not pass extra arguments enclosed in a tuple
* Enable cryptsetup debug messages when compiled using --enable-debug
* vagrant: install 'autoconf-archive' on Ubuntu
* vagrant: remove F27 and add F29
* Add 'autoconf-archive' to build requires
* tests: Remove some old/irrelevant skips
* tests: Stop skipping some tests on Debian testing
* Fix checking swap status on lvm/md
* Discard messages from libdevmapper in the LVM plugins
* Add a tool for getting cached LVM statistics
* Make building tools optional
* Document what the 'tools' directory contains
* Add a new subpackage with the tool(s)
* Use 512bit keys in LUKS by default
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