linux-kernel - Re: [pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#541835: crypto configuration / dependencies broken

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Date:	Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:22:06 +1000
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Jonas Meurer <jonas@...esources.org>
Cc:	sebastian@...akpoint.cc, celejar@...il.com,
	randy.dunlap@...cle.com, 541835@...s.debian.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	control@...s.debian.org
Subject: Re: [pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#541835: crypto configuration /
	dependencies broken

Jonas Meurer <jonas@...esources.org> wrote:
> 
> i guess the best solution would be to improve the module dependency
> system. cipher meta-modules like 'aes' should depend on all available
> implementations. same for ivciphers, hashs, rng implementations etc.

We already do that for algorithms at least, they should all have
aliases of the form "ALG" or "ALG-all".

Things like chainiv/eseqiv should just be included always.  There
are unlikely to be any new algorithms of that type.

Cheers,
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