Example to convert existing OpenSSH key to PEM format

v0.8-1

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2021-08-15 Julien Coloos <julien.coloos [at] gmail [dot] com>
+
+        * v0.8-1
+        Include 'libgcc_s.so.1' which is necessary for (at least) proper LUKS v2 handling
+
+
 2020-07-14 Julien Coloos <julien.coloos [at] gmail [dot] com>
 
         * v0.7-1

PKGBUILD

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Maintainer: Julien Coloos <julien.coloos [at] gmail [dot] com>
 pkgname=initrd-ssh-cryptsetup
-pkgver=0.7
+pkgver=0.8
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Allows for LUKS-encrypted devices to be unlocked remotely over SSH"
 arch=('any')
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ depends=('dropbear' 'cryptsetup' 'mkinitcpio-nfs-utils' 'iproute2')
 install=$pkgname.install
 changelog='ChangeLog'
 source=("http://julien.coloos.free.fr/archlinux/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.xz" "$pkgname.install")
-md5sums=('260de3a8b8b22327264af12251ac9a5b'
+md5sums=('ac5a53fbc288ccce61874488bcbbf58a'
          'ac60109d80e7bb2af0d66e69aaf178a6')
 
 package() {

README.md

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ Notes:
    * `rsa` and `ed25519` types are also handled
    * OpenSSH keys must be in `PEM` format for `dropbearconvert` to properly work
 
+If necessary an existing key file can be converted to `PEM` format using `ssh-keygen`:
+
+    ssh-keygen -A -p -m PEM -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
+
 
 ## Configuration
 As explained upon installation, the following things need to be done:

src/install/ssh-cryptsetup

@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ build() {
     sshcs_check_keys
 
     add_checked_modules "/drivers/net/"
+    # Note: parts of this script (modules/binaries added) are the same than the
+    # 'encrypt' install script (/usr/lib/initcpio/install/encrypt) which is the
+    # nominal one to deal with encrypted volumes at boot time.
     add_module dm-crypt
     # Note: crypto modules are necessary
     if [ -n "${CRYPTO_MODULES}" ]; then
@@ -90,6 +93,11 @@ build() {
     add_file "/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/95-dm-notify.rules"
     add_file "/usr/lib/initcpio/udev/11-dm-initramfs.rules" "/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/11-dm-initramfs.rules"
 
+    # At least with LUKS v2 volumes, cryptsetup calls pthread_cancel(), which
+    # dlopen()s libgcc_s.so.1.
+    # See the nominal 'encrypt' module, and similar/related bug reports (e.g.
+    # https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=950254).
+    add_binary "/usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1"
 
     add_runscript
 }