Public bug reported:
### **Summary**
The package priority should be **important**, as per LP: #2084251
(https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cryptsetup/+bug/2084251).
---
### **Bug Description**
#### **System Information**
```bash
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 24.10
Release: 24.10
Codename: oracular
```
#### **Package Information**
```bash
$ apt-cache policy systemd-cryptsetup
systemd-cryptsetup:
Installed: 256.5-2ubuntu3.1
Candidate: 256.5-2ubuntu3.1
Version table:
*** 256.5-2ubuntu3.1 500
500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular-updates/main amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
256.5-2ubuntu3 500
500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular/main amd64 Packages
```
```bash
$ apt-cache show systemd-cryptsetup | grep -i priority
Priority: optional
Priority: optional
```
---
### **Expected Behavior**
The priority of `systemd-cryptsetup` should be **important**, as per the fix
mentioned in **LP: #2084251**.
According to the fix:
- `systemd-cryptsetup` should have **Priority: important** in the package
metadata.
---
### **Actual Behavior**
Despite installing **systemd-cryptsetup 256.5-2ubuntu3.1**, the package
priority remains **optional**, instead of **important**. This means the
intended fix was **not fully applied** in the Ubuntu package repository.
---
### **Steps to Reproduce**
1. Run `apt-cache policy systemd-cryptsetup` to verify the installed version.
2. Run `apt-cache show systemd-cryptsetup | grep -i priority` to check the
package priority.
3. Notice that the priority is still **optional** instead of **important**.
---
### **Additional Notes**
- The fix for **LP: #2084251** states that `systemd-cryptsetup` should be
**important**, but the repository metadata has not been updated accordingly.
- The package is installed and correctly recommended by `systemd`, but the
incorrect priority setting may lead to **unexpected removals** in some cases.
- The priority should be updated in the repository metadata to match the
intended fix.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.10
Package: systemd-cryptsetup 256.5-2ubuntu3.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.11.0-14.15-generic 6.11.0
Uname: Linux 6.11.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.30.0-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Feb 17 11:48:35 2025
InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-08-15 (187 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240424)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm-256color
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: systemd
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oracular on 2024-10-26 (115 days ago)
** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oracular wayland-session
** Summary changed:
- The package priority should be important, as per LP: #2084251
+ The systemd-cryptsetup priority should be important, as per LP: #2084251
** Summary changed:
- The systemd-cryptsetup priority should be important, as per LP: #2084251
+ The systemd-cryptsetup package priority should be important, as per LP:
#2084251
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The systemd-cryptsetup package priority should be important, as per
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