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Improve the "Source mismatch" error message

Stephen Gildea requested to merge gildea/cryptsetup:debian/latest into debian/latest

When /etc/crypttab gives a source device that does not match the current source, cryptsetup outputs an error message something like this:

cryptsetup: ERROR: p4-crypt: Source mismatch

This error message could include more information to make it easier to identify the problem with the crypttab entry. This patch enhances the message to look like this:

cryptsetup: ERROR: Source mismatch: p4-crypt uses 8:4, but /dev/sda1 is 8:1

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