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authorc0bw3b <c0bw3b@users.noreply.github.com>2018-10-24 20:10:04 +0200
committerc0bw3b <c0bw3b@users.noreply.github.com>2018-10-24 20:34:17 +0200
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truecrypt: remove and alias to veracrypt
TrueCrypt has been retired for a while now and the source archive we
pointed to is gone. Moreover the VeraCrypt fork is available, maintained
and fixes issues previous audits found in TrueCrypt.
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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml
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--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml
@@ -155,6 +155,15 @@
      Matomo version.
     </para>
    </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+     The deprecated <literal>truecrypt</literal> package has been removed
+     and <literal>truecrypt</literal> attribute is now an alias for
+     <literal>veracrypt</literal>. VeraCrypt is backward-compatible with
+     TrueCrypt volumes. Note that <literal>cryptsetup</literal> also
+     supports loading TrueCrypt volumes.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
  </section>
 </section>