On Sunday 30 June 2019 12:17:48 Sven Hartge wrote: > Andrea Borgia <and...@borgia.bo.it> wrote: > > Il 30/06/19 11:52, Curt ha scritto: > >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=928956 > >> > >> Due to #765854 ecryptfs-utils has been removed from Buster. > >> The kernel module (ecryptfs.ko) is still built but depending on > >> the upgrade path users will be unable to mount their encrypted home > >> directories (pam module, ecryptfs-mount-private missing). So they > >> should probably be strongly advised to not upgrade. > > > > Should I count myself lucky that I have two systems running > > "testing" with also "stable" sources? Perhaps it's time to mark the > > package as "hold" :) > > > > I'd be interested to know if there is an alternative: not so much > > for my desktop but my laptop really needs it. Thanks for the heads > > up, though. > > You could compile ecryptfs-utils on Buster manually to get the > dependencies right. > > Or keep stretch in sources.list but this will not work forever, as > soon as Stretch gets archived it will break. > > Other than that: Reinstalling the system with full disk encryption or > just copying the files from the ecryptfs and then removing it are the > only real other options. > > But I foresee a big lashback once people not noticing this upgrade to > Buster to then just discover that their system is completely broken. > > Grüße, > Sven.
At this point, I'd call it a buster delaying bug. That last is going to cost too many that can't ignore it and don't have unencrypted backups. Thats going to be a lot of very bad PR. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
