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  • From: Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>
  • To: SM Discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] util-linux-crypto
  • Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 12:13:10 -0800 (PST)

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On Tue, 7 Mar 2006, Ladislav Hagara wrote:
Howdy,

I would like to remove (deprecate) spell util-linux-crypto. It is very
old, version 2.11r from 30-May-2002. It is BUILD_API=1 spell so instead
of convert it to BUILD_API=2 I prefer to deprecate it.

According to ledger [1] it is installed on 3 boxes. It is not installed
on "live" boxes (updated last 30 days). I think nobody really use it.
Crypto features were added to Linux kernel and standard util-linux long
time ago.

I plan to delete PROVIDES from spell util-linux,

$ gaze provides UTIL-LINUX
UTIL-LINUX:
util-linux
util-linux-crypto

and fix DEPENDS (depends UTIL-LINUX) from basesystem spell.

Any protests?

[1]
http://ledger.sourcemage.org/users/statistic.php?select=util-linux-crypto

As long as the same functionality that util-linux-crypto provides can
now be done with util-linux (which I believe is what you said above
;)) then I'm fine with deprecating it.

basesystem will probably need a PATCHLEVEL for the dependency change,
as will util-linux-crypto, of course.

- -sandalle

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Eric Sandall | Source Mage GNU/Linux Developer
eric AT sandall.us | http://www.sourcemage.org/
http://eric.sandall.us/ | SysAdmin @ Inst. Shock Physics @ WSU
http://counter.li.org/ #196285 | http://www.shock.wsu.edu/
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