Hi,
Anton Zinoviev wrote (12 May 2012 12:04:31 GMT) :
> Yves-Alexis Perez wrote on debian-devel:
>>
>> What do you mean with “this doesn't work in Debian”? Some people do use
>> encrypted root and they do have a working console asking for the
>> passphrase.
> As far as I know currently the conso
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 11:13:28PM +0300, Teodor MICU wrote:
> 2012/5/12 Steve Langasek :
> >> There is no way to tell whether a file in /etc/console-setup is owned by
> >> the package console-setup or it has been put there by the admin and is
> >> unrelated to console-setup.
> > Who cares?
> > A
2012/5/12 Steve Langasek :
>> There is no way to tell whether a file in /etc/console-setup is owned by
>> the package console-setup or it has been put there by the admin and is
>> unrelated to console-setup.
>
> Who cares?
>
> And most package maintainers have not bothered to implement such handlin
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 08:04:15PM +0300, Anton Zinoviev wrote:
> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 07:01:20AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > No, you absolutely do *not* need this. The policy rule isn't "on purge,
> > remove all config files if the admin hasn't edited them", it's "on purge,
> > remove *a
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 07:01:20AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
>
> No, you absolutely do *not* need this. The policy rule isn't "on purge,
> remove all config files if the admin hasn't edited them", it's "on purge,
> remove *all configuration files*".
All configuration files owned by the packag
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 03:04:31PM +0300, Anton Zinoviev wrote:
> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 02:54:16PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 07:43:46PM +0300, Anton Zinoviev wrote:
> > > Currently it creates files in the directory /etc/console-setup. As
> > > a result when the pa
On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 09:07:57AM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> ]] Steve Langasek
>
> > My complaint is that this is excessively ugly. For persistent variable data
> > that needs to be available during early boot, even when this is binary data
> > that the user won't edit, /etc is the normal
Yves-Alexis Perez wrote on debian-devel:
> On ven., 2012-05-11 at 00:16 +0300, Anton Zinoviev wrote:
>> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 09:40:23PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>>>
>>> Generally the console has to work even before root is mounted, so
>>> that the user can enter a decryption password if nec
]] Steve Langasek
> My complaint is that this is excessively ugly. For persistent variable data
> that needs to be available during early boot, even when this is binary data
> that the user won't edit, /etc is the normal place to keep it - it's the
> creation of a a .cache subdirectory that I ob
On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 07:43:46PM +0300, Anton Zinoviev wrote:
> First the problem in few words. The package console-setup needs an
> access to a directory similar to /var very early during the boot process
> - when /var is not yet mounted. Currently it creates files in the
> directory /etc/c
On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 09:40:23PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>
> Generally the console has to work even before root is mounted, so
> that the user can enter a decryption password if necessary.
Unfortunately, as far as I know currently this doesn't work in
Debian. Proper wishlist bug reports h
On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 10:13:39PM +0300, Anton Zinoviev wrote:
> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 07:45:21PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
> >
> > Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but /boot seems to be a very bad
> > choice for the location, simply because it is not available any earlier
> > than /var.
>
On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 07:45:21PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
>
> Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but /boot seems to be a very bad
> choice for the location, simply because it is not available any earlier
> than /var.
Ah, you are right.
So it seems only /etc is an option. Thanks.
Anton Zin
On 2012-05-10 19:45 +0200, Roger Leigh wrote:
> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 07:43:46PM +0300, Anton Zinoviev wrote:
>> [Please preserve the CC to 672...@bugs.debian.org because I am not
>> subscribed to debian-devel.]
>>
>> First the problem in few words. The package console-setup needs an
>> acce
On 2012-05-10 18:43 +0200, Anton Zinoviev wrote:
> [Please preserve the CC to 672...@bugs.debian.org because I am not
> subscribed to debian-devel.]
>
> First the problem in few words. The package console-setup needs an
> access to a directory similar to /var very early during the boot process
On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 07:43:46PM +0300, Anton Zinoviev wrote:
> [Please preserve the CC to 672...@bugs.debian.org because I am not
> subscribed to debian-devel.]
>
> First the problem in few words. The package console-setup needs an
> access to a directory similar to /var very early during th
[Please preserve the CC to 672...@bugs.debian.org because I am not
subscribed to debian-devel.]
First the problem in few words. The package console-setup needs an
access to a directory similar to /var very early during the boot process
- when /var is not yet mounted. Currently it creates file
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