[Bug 2088378] [NEW] cryptsetup is marked for removal upon release upgrade to 24.04 even if system depends on it to boot

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Public bug reported:

On every system I have upgraded from 22.04 to 24.04 cryptsetup has been removed or marked for removal by apt.
All of these systems have some encrypted partitions and are either unbootable after it is removed or you are unable to access these partitions without manually reinstalling cryptsetup.
It is possible to recover but very inconvenient to repair a system without cryptsetup that requires it at boot for FDE.
You are able to use luksOpen via a live image and repair via a chroot, but it's far from a simple task to fix for someone less knowledgable.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: cryptsetup 2:2.7.0-1ubuntu4.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-48.48-generic 6.8.12
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-48-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Sun Nov 17 14:45:02 2024
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-08-20 (455 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 22.04.2 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20230223)
SourcePackage: cryptsetup
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2024-10-26 (22 days ago)
cmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.8.0-48-generic root=UUID=596f066f-f0b5-4e41-8272-46511d90351e ro fsck.mode=force preempt=full
modified.conffile..etc.init.d.apport: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.init.d.apport: 2024-07-22T15:59:07

** Affects: cryptsetup (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug noble third-party-packages

** Attachment removed: "fstab.txt"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cryptsetup/+bug/2088378/+attachment/5837814/+files/fstab.txt

** Attachment removed: "Dependencies.txt"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cryptsetup/+bug/2088378/+attachment/5837811/+files/Dependencies.txt

** Attachment removed: "ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cryptsetup/+bug/2088378/+attachment/5837812/+files/ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt

** Attachment removed: "ProcEnviron.txt"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cryptsetup/+bug/2088378/+attachment/5837813/+files/ProcEnviron.txt

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Title:
  cryptsetup is marked for removal upon release upgrade to 24.04 even if
  system depends on it to boot

Status in cryptsetup package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On every system I have upgraded from 22.04 to 24.04 cryptsetup has been removed or marked for removal by apt.
  All of these systems have some encrypted partitions and are either unbootable after it is removed or you are unable to access these partitions without manually reinstalling cryptsetup.
  It is possible to recover but very inconvenient to repair a system without cryptsetup that requires it at boot for FDE.
  You are able to use luksOpen via a live image and repair via a chroot, but it's far from a simple task to fix for someone less knowledgable.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
  Package: cryptsetup 2:2.7.0-1ubuntu4.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-48.48-generic 6.8.12
  Uname: Linux 6.8.0-48-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: MATE
  Date: Sun Nov 17 14:45:02 2024
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-08-20 (455 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 22.04.2 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20230223)
  SourcePackage: cryptsetup
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2024-10-26 (22 days ago)
  cmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.8.0-48-generic root=UUID=596f066f-f0b5-4e41-8272-46511d90351e ro fsck.mode=force preempt=full
  modified.conffile..etc.init.d.apport: [modified]
  mtime.conffile..etc.init.d.apport: 2024-07-22T15:59:07

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