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Re: [PATCH] fix using grub device name as install device


From: Andrey Borzenkov
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix using grub device name as install device
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 10:52:45 +0400

В Fri, 29 Nov 2013 07:27:06 +0100
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko <address@hidden> пишет:

> On 28.11.2013 22:11, Andrey Borzenkov wrote:
> > Shell version of grub-install called grub-setup which resolved
> > install device name and called main setup routine. C version of
> > grub-install calls main setup routine directly, which leads
> > to the error:
> > 
> Do you have a reason for continuing accepting such input? It was
> considered wrong way of doing things for quite some while.

Yes - compatibility. At least openSUSE used this syntax during
bootloader configuration (together with maintaining device.map) in past
releases, so anyone updating will inherit it. How do you think I hit it
in the first place? :) And I do not know how many other distros are
affected.

Patch does not add any new feature - it is plain regression fix. 

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