Re: Unexpected result from "geli attach" attempt

From: David Wolfskill <david_at_catwhisker.org>
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2025 17:24:26 UTC
On Fri, Aug 08, 2025 at 07:20:49PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> writes:
> > TL;DR: I attempted "/sbin/geli attach -k - /dev/ada0s4j"; result was:
> > 	geli: Invalid value for 'n' argument: Result too large
> 
> This is a long-standing bug in sbin/geom/core/geom.c which was recently
> made worse by my changes to expand_number(3).  It will get fixed within
> a couple of days, please be patient.
> ....

OK; cool -- that's fine.  It's just reassuring to note that it wasn't
"just me" -- or that I was hallucinating. :-}

Thanks!

Peace,
david
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David H. Wolfskill                              david@catwhisker.org
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