Debianization.

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+Template: catacomb-bin/pixie-is-setuid
+Type: boolean
+Default: true
+Description: Install pixie setuid-root?
+ Catacomb provides a `passphrase pixie' which prompts for passphrases
+ (either on its terminal or using an external command) and remembers them
+ for a configurable period of time.
+ .
+ For added security, the pixie can ensure that the memory it uses for
+ passphrases is not swapped to disk.  To do this, it must be installed
+ setuid root.  While the pixie has been carefully written so that this
+ shouldn't be a security problem -- it allocates a small amount of memory,
+ marks it as unswappable and then drops privileges immediately -- it may
+ make some administrators nervous, so you have the option.