[pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#689722: Bug#689722: cryptsetup: should depend on kbd and console-setup

Julien Cristau jcristau at debian.org
Sun Nov 4 15:02:22 UTC 2012


On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 09:53:54 +0200, Jonas Meurer wrote:

> Hey,
> 
> Am 09.10.2012 20:35, schrieb Julien Cristau:
> > On Sat, Oct  6, 2012 at 01:37:27 +0200, Christoph Anton Mitterer
> > wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi Raphaël.
> >> 
> >> On Fri, 2012-10-05 at 16:37 +0200, Raphaël Hertzog wrote:
> >>> So you have to ensure that both tools are available and for
> >>> this you need the dependencies.
> >> Why does it generally need to depend on them?
> >> 
> > Because people are generally unhappy when their machine doesn't
> > boot, and we shouldn't put them in that position.
> 
> Do you think that a dependency is required, or would it be enough to
> recommend kbd and console-setup? Cryptsetup indeed works without kbd,
> it just doesn't copy the local keymap into initramfs.
> 
> Now that recommends are installed by default, it should be enough to
> recommend the packages in question, no? Don't get me wrong, I'm fine
> with depending on them as well, just not sure about it. That's why I
> ask for your opinion.
> 
Recommends is probably ok.

Cheers,
Julien
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