[gentoo-user] hal requires cryptsetup!? will hal work with loop-aes?

[gentoo-user] hal requires cryptsetup!? will hal work with loop-aes?

[7v5w7go9ub0o]

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}"

RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/dbus-glib-0.61
          >=dev-libs/glib-2.14
          >=dev-libs/expat-1.95.8
          >=dev-libs/libusb-0.1.10a
          >=sys-apps/pciutils-2.2.7-r1
          >=dev-util/gperf-3.0.3
            sys-apps/usbutils
            virtual/eject
          amd64? ( >=sys-apps/dmidecode-2.7 )
          dell? ( >=sys-libs/libsmbios-0.13.4 )
          disk-partition? ( >=sys-apps/parted-1.8.0 )
          ia64? ( >=sys-apps/dmidecode-2.7 )
          kernel_linux?  (
                             >=sys-fs/udev-117
                             >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.13
                             >=sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.19
                             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

[gentoo-user] Re: hal requires cryptsetup!? will hal work with loop-aes?

[ABCD]

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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.

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[gentoo-user] Re: hal requires cryptsetup!? will hal work with loop-aes?

[7v5w7go9ub0o]

ABCD wrote:

> 
> 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.


AH!

Thank You!!