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  which package to file a bug report ? Frank Weißer <linux@weisser-ol.de> - 2024-02-22 13:30 +0100
    Re: which package to file a bug report ? Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2024-02-22 16:10 +0100
      Re: which package to file a bug report ? Frank Weißer <linux@weisser-ol.de> - 2024-02-22 20:10 +0100
        Re: which package to file a bug report ? Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2024-02-23 13:30 +0100
          Re: which package to file a bug report ? Frank Weißer <linux@weisser-ol.de> - 2024-02-23 14:10 +0100
            Re: which package to file a bug report ? Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2024-02-25 00:30 +0100
              Re: which package to file a bug report ? Frank Weißer <linux@weisser-ol.de> - 2024-02-27 08:20 +0100
                Re: which package to file a bug report ? "Jonathan Dowland" <jmtd@debian.org> - 2024-02-28 15:40 +0100

#267684 — which package to file a bug report ?

Hello!

I use to encrypt my swap and /var/tmp partitions during installation.

the partition tool in debian installer offers me randomized keys for 
that and has 'delete partition' set to 'yes', which costs lot of time, 
not necessary on new hdd/ssd and - my opinion - on randomized keys. I 
propose switching to 'no', when selecting randomized keys.

Further I can select ext2 or swap for partition format. I use ext2 for 
/var/tmp, but
- in /etc/crypttab the marker 'tmp' is missing for the /var/tmp partition
- in /etc/fstab ext2 is set instead of ext4, that cryptsetup defaults 
to. So on reboot I end up in emergency mode.

What package have I to file the bug report against?

Please apologize my poor english.

Kind regards

readU
Frank

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#267688

Am 22.02.2024 um 13:18:48 Uhr schrieb Frank Weißer:

> I use to encrypt my swap and /var/tmp partitions during installation.

That is LUKS.

> the partition tool in debian installer offers me randomized keys for 
> that and has 'delete partition' set to 'yes', which costs lot of
> time, not necessary on new hdd/ssd and - my opinion - on randomized
> keys. I propose switching to 'no', when selecting randomized keys.

Why?
A user can rather easy select what he wants.

> Further I can select ext2 or swap for partition format.

That is really strange. swap is only for the special-purpose swap
partition.

> I use ext2 for /var/tmp, but
> - in /etc/crypttab the marker 'tmp' is missing for the /var/tmp
> partition

Which marker?
crypttab is only for decrypting the partition and creating a device
file for the encrypted one.

> - in /etc/fstab ext2 is set instead of ext4, that cryptsetup defaults 
> to. So on reboot I end up in emergency mode.

If you format it in ext2, choose that.
Or was that an automatic decision by the installer?

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#267697

Marco Moock:
> Am 22.02.2024 um 13:18:48 Uhr schrieb Frank Weißer:
> 
>> I use to encrypt my swap and /var/tmp partitions during
>> installation.
> 
> That is LUKS.
> 
>> the partition tool in debian installer offers me randomized keys
>> for that and has 'delete partition' set to 'yes', which costs lot
>> of time, not necessary on new hdd/ssd and - my opinion - on
>> randomized keys. I propose switching to 'no', when selecting
>> randomized keys.
> 
> Why? A user can rather easy select what he wants.
> 
As I said: My opinion; if you miss setting 'no' you have to wait a lot
of time...

>> Further I can select ext2 or swap for partition format.
> 
> That is really strange. swap is only for the special-purpose swap 
> partition.
> 
Yes, I choose it for the swap partition

>> I use ext2 for /var/tmp, but - in /etc/crypttab the marker 'tmp' is
>> missing for the /var/tmp partition
> 
> Which marker?

This one:
frank@pc:~$ cat /etc/crypttab
sda4_crypt /dev/sda4 /dev/urandom cipher=aes-xts-
plain64,size=256,swap,discard
sda5_crypt /dev/sda5 /dev/urandom cipher=aes-xts-
plain64,size=256,tmp,discard
                  ^^^

> crypttab is only for decrypting the partition and creating a device 
> file for the encrypted one.
> 
>> - in /etc/fstab ext2 is set instead of ext4, that cryptsetup
>> defaults to. So on reboot I end up in emergency mode.
> 
> If you format it in ext2, choose that. Or was that an automatic
> decision by the installer?
>
I only choose ext2 for formatting the encrypted partition, because 
nothing else is offered. Despite that the partition in fact is getting 
formatted ext4, so the entry ext2 in /etc/fstab leads into emergency mode.

I think the partitioning tool in installer should offer to format the 
encrypted partition in ext4, as LUKS (?) does, instead of ext2 and must 
write ext4 to /etc/fstab, as this is, how it ends up.

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#267717

Am 22.02.2024 schrieb Frank Weißer <linux@weisser-ol.de>:

> I only choose ext2 for formatting the encrypted partition, because 
> nothing else is offered.

That is really strange. If I did install Debian 12, it offered me a
list of different file systems, including ext2/3/4.

> Despite that the partition in fact is getting formatted ext4, so the
> entry ext2 in /etc/fstab leads into emergency mode.

Does the installer format it as ext4, but shows ext2 and places that in
fstab?
Or do you format it manually?

> I think the partitioning tool in installer should offer to format the 
> encrypted partition in ext4, as LUKS (?) does, instead of ext2 and
> must write ext4 to /etc/fstab, as this is, how it ends up.

LUKS is only a container and doesn't care about the file system inside.
After opening it, it is a file under /dev/mapper that can be formatted
like /dev/sdXY.

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#267724

First of all: I use german during installation; but I doubt that is 
relevant.

Marco Moock:
> Am 22.02.2024 schrieb Frank Weißer <linux@weisser-ol.de>:
> 
>> I only choose ext2 for formatting the encrypted partition, because
>> nothing else is offered.
> 
> That is really strange. If I did install Debian 12, it offered me a
> list of different file systems, including ext2/3/4.
> 
It does on non-crypt partitions, but not if I choose 'physical volume 
for encryption' there; then afterwards I only have the choices to use it 
as ext2, swap or lvm or leave it unused for the encrypted partition.

>> Despite that the partition in fact is getting formatted ext4, so the
>> entry ext2 in /etc/fstab leads into emergency mode.
> 
> Does the installer format it as ext4, but shows ext2 and places that in
> fstab?
> Or do you format it manually?
> 
The installer does format it as ext4, but shows ext2 and places that in
fstab, what ends up in emergency mode. That's why I'm here

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#267800

Am Fri, 23 Feb 2024 13:59:41 +0100
schrieb Frank Weißer <linux@weisser-ol.de>:

> First of all: I use german during installation; but I doubt that is 
> relevant.

Try to reproduce it in English if you like.

> Marco Moock:
> > Am 22.02.2024 schrieb Frank Weißer <linux@weisser-ol.de>:
> >   
> >> I only choose ext2 for formatting the encrypted partition, because
> >> nothing else is offered.  
> > 
> > That is really strange. If I did install Debian 12, it offered me a
> > list of different file systems, including ext2/3/4.
> >   
> It does on non-crypt partitions, but not if I choose 'physical volume 
> for encryption' there; then afterwards I only have the choices to use
> it as ext2, swap or lvm or leave it unused for the encrypted
> partition.

I chose manual partitioning and I created the LUKS container manually
and then created an ext4 partition inside.

> >> Despite that the partition in fact is getting formatted ext4, so
> >> the entry ext2 in /etc/fstab leads into emergency mode.  
> > 
> > Does the installer format it as ext4, but shows ext2 and places
> > that in fstab?
> > Or do you format it manually?
> >   
> The installer does format it as ext4, but shows ext2 and places that
> in fstab, what ends up in emergency mode. That's why I'm here

That is definitely a bug.

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#267882

Marco Moock:
> Am Fri, 23 Feb 2024 13:59:41 +0100
> schrieb Frank Weißer <linux@weisser-ol.de>:
> 
>> The installer does format it as ext4, but shows ext2 and places that
>> in fstab, what ends up in emergency mode. That's why I'm here
> 
> That is definitely a bug.
> 
So we are at my original question: Which package to file a bug report ?

readU
Frank

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#267934

On Tue Feb 27, 2024 at 7:12 AM GMT, Frank Weißer wrote:
> So we are at my original question: Which package to file a bug report ?

Package "debian-installer", I think; and/or submit an installation report,
which can be done with reportbug against the "installation-report" pseudo
package. See <https://d-i.debian.org/manual/en.amd64/ch05s04.html#submit-bug>


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