On Tuesday, 2 April 2019 23:31:51 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > I'm installing a new xfce4 system on a 4-core 32-bit Celeron box, and > portage is insisting that I install encryption software, whether I want it > or not. I don't. > > The requirement seems to come from this line in the libblockdev ebuild: > > IUSE="bcache +cryptsetup device-mapper dmraid doc escrow lvm kbd test +tools > vdo" > > Can anyone tell me why a utility library is imposing both cryptsetup and > raid on me, neither of which I either need or want? > > Incidentally, I also have cryptsetup on this plasma box, regardless of need > - though I do use raid here.
I am not familiar with its full gamut of features and functionality, but from what I understand it intends to support MDRAID, DEVICE MAPPER and LUKS - see here under the sections MDRAID and CRYPTO/LUKS: https://github.com/storaged-project/libblockdev/blob/master/features.rst -- Regards, Mick
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