From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LqfEk-0002JN-4y for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:11:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DD974E044C; Mon, 6 Apr 2009 03:11:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6E93E044C for ; Mon, 6 Apr 2009 03:11:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73DC965350 for ; Mon, 6 Apr 2009 03:11:00 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.883 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.883 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.674, BAYES_00=-2.599, PLING_QUERY=1.39, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id cXz5l18ZmfKn for ; Mon, 6 Apr 2009 03:10:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56C8864FA6 for ; Mon, 6 Apr 2009 03:10:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LqfEV-0007BN-EP for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:10:47 +0000 Received: from pool-173-71-204-106.clppva.fios.verizon.net ([173.71.204.106]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:10:47 +0000 Received: from en.ABCD by pool-173-71-204-106.clppva.fios.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:10:47 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: ABCD Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: hal requires cryptsetup!? will hal work with loop-aes? Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:10:32 -0400 Message-ID: References: <49D95121.30504@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-173-71-204-106.clppva.fios.verizon.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090328) In-Reply-To: <49D95121.30504@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: eb6f718d-8d96-4408-b13c-6c220c7382fe X-Archives-Hash: 5e114abf94890106a2ac5a2d0fc10f0f -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: > BACKGROUND: > > Am preparing for the xorg update, and hal wants to bring in cryptsetup: > > ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.5-r1', 'merge') pulled in by > >=sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.5 required by ('ebuild', '/', > 'sys-apps/hal-0.5.11-r8', 'merge') > > A quick look at the ebuild reveals this: > > IUSE="X acpi apm crypt debug dell disk-partition doc laptop selinux > ${KERNEL_IUSE}" > [...] > kernel_linux? ( [...] > crypt? ( >=sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.5 ) > ) > > (I'm aware of the udev vs cryptsetup workaround listed in bugzilla) > > QUESTIONS: > > 1. Is cryptsetup really necessary on non-encrypted systems? It appears > to be both setting, and then testing for crypt. If it does require > cryptsetup, then Why? > > 2. I'm using loop-aes. If the answer to question number 1 is yes, then > will hal have an issue with loop-aes/loop devices? > > Thanks in advance....... Newbie > I'm not sure if you will need sys-fs/cryptsetup for your setup, but I think you may have gotten confused over the difference between USE and IUSE. IUSE is a variable set by an ebuild to tell portage (or your PM of choice) that this package supports certain USE flags. See ebuild(5) for more information. - -- ABCD -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAknZcqgACgkQOypDUo0oQOoe5wCgitOEi1HBReUv59D90CmIJ4mS MYMAn3NZ+es0kV5Qvw9EyJb3RG/ppsth =pCSk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----