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Bug#976112: Overwriting with random data message truncated

From	Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.maint.boot
Subject	Bug#976112: Overwriting with random data message truncated
Date	2021-01-06 23:40 +0100
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Hi Matthew,

Thanks for the bug report!

On Sun, Nov 29, 2020 at 08:27:09PM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>Package: debian-installer
>Version: 2020-11-23
>
>When installing on an NVMe device, the message
>
>"The installer is now overwriting /dev/nvme0n1p3 with random data to prevent meta-information leaks from "
>
>is truncated in the graphical installer.
>
>I'd suggest just s/The installer is now o/O/

Nod, that would make sense I think. There's probably more effort in
co-ordinating updating translations. :-)

>Also, it takes a very long time to write a terabyte of random data.
>I suspect you can't do much about that though (... use RDRAND directly?).

And as we discussed later, there's a separate bug for the performance
issue. I'll look at that next.

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that
 English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on
 occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them
 unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."  -- James D. Nicoll

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Bug#976112: Overwriting with random data message truncated Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2021-01-06 23:40 +0100
  Bug#976112: Overwriting with random data message truncated Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> - 2021-01-09 16:10 +0100
    Bug#976112: Overwriting with random data message truncated Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2021-01-09 16:20 +0100
      Bug#976112: Overwriting with random data message truncated Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> - 2021-01-09 16:30 +0100
        Bug#976112: Overwriting with random data message truncated Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2021-01-09 16:40 +0100

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