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diff --git a/metadata/news/2019-10-29-cryfs-0_10-update/2019-10-29-cryfs-0_10-update.en.txt b/metadata/news/2019-10-29-cryfs-0_10-update/2019-10-29-cryfs-0_10-update.en.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..31c694f9d0ed --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/news/2019-10-29-cryfs-0_10-update/2019-10-29-cryfs-0_10-update.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +Title: sys-fs/cryfs-0.10.2 update +Author: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org> +Posted: 2019-10-29 +Revision: 1 +News-Item-Format: 2.0 +Display-If-Installed: <sys-fs/cryfs-0.10 + +Filesystems created with CryFS 0.9.x are incompatible with the new storage +format. [1] Migration is necessary before mounting with CryFS 0.10 and +possible for old containers going back as far as CryFS 0.9.4. [2] + +However, upstream recommend to create new containers with 0.10 to avoid +potential data loss from a failed migration, and in order to benefit from all +performance advantages of the new format. + +Before updating, copy all data from cryfs containers to a temporary and secure +location. After the update, move it back into a newly created container. Don't +forget to remove the temporary files afterwards. + +Users of KDE Plasma Vaults should follow the same procedure. To check the type +of existing containers, open them using the Vaults widget. It is part of the +path as displayed in dolphin. + +[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/690324 +[2] https://github.com/cryfs/cryfs/releases/tag/0.10.1 |