From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JmkHh-0000tX-8h for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:41:21 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JmkHe-0000tA-RX for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:41:18 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JmkHe-0000sy-5N for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:41:18 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JmkHe-0000sv-2a for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:41:18 -0400 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JmkHd-0002FE-Jl for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:41:17 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JmkHc-0007h3-Jy for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:41:16 -0400 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m3I6exKp000703 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:40:59 -0400 Received: from pobox.stuttgart.redhat.com (pobox.stuttgart.redhat.com [172.16.2.10]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m3I6ewkJ001991 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:40:58 -0400 Received: from [10.32.4.79] (vpn-4-79.str.redhat.com [10.32.4.79]) by pobox.stuttgart.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m3I6ev5h015337 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:40:58 -0400 From: Lubomir Kundrak To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <1208460029.27241.32.camel@dv> References: <1208211148.3971.38.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1208287199.23118.18.camel@dv> <1208432952.770.35.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1208460029.27241.32.camel@dv> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Red Hat Inc. Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:41:00 +0200 Message-Id: <1208500860.770.75.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 (2.12.3-3.fc8) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.58 on 172.16.52.254 X-detected-kernel: by mx20.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix file name transformations (mostly) X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:41:19 -0000 On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 15:20 -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 13:49 +0200, Lubomir Kundrak wrote: > > > > As for /boot/grub, we are not installing anything there on "make > > > install". I don't think it should be transformed. But we could accept > > > a configuration option to change that directory. > > > > We should have a sensible default that wouldn't clash with GRUB Legacy's > > default. > > There is no clash here. Names of all files under /boot/grub are > different, except device.map. But device.map has the same format and is > system specific. Though I am convinced that directories were invented to avoid mixing apples with oranges (or dead horses, and ponnies, oh well), sharing device.map sounds usable and is a rather good argument. I'll try to rework the patch and taka that into account. -- Lubomir Kundrak (Red Hat Security Response Team)