Re: LUKS2 support in Guix

[Josselin Poiret]

Hi Fabio and everyone,

Fabio Natali <me@fabionatali.com> writes:

> On 2024-03-02, 10:41 +0300, Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I also lost some time due to this incorrect statement.
>
> Brilliant, thanks Felix and Oleg.
>
> FWIW, micro-patch submitted here⁰.
>
> Let's see what the patch reviewer thinks. I'm not terribly happy about
> "downgrading" the manual's recommendation from LUKS2 to LUKS1, but if
> LUKS2 is really not supported, then of course that needs to be reflected
> in the docs.
>
> Best wishes, Fabio.
>
>
> ⁰ Ticket 69507 on debbugs.gnu.org. I wanted to link to the relevant page
> on https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-patches/2024-03/index.html
> but it seem it's taking a while for the mail to pass moderation.

The reason why it hasn't been spelled out in the manual is because I
thought that we could simply upgrade to Grub 2.12, which would solve the
issue as it supports LUKS2 properly.  I have a patch locally upgrading
Grub, but it's not in upstreaming shape yet and I haven't had much time
to work on it recently.  I am running it though, and it's working quite
well.  Would anyone be interested in cleaning it up and sending it
upstream?

Best,
-- 
Josselin Poiret

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