From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1K2D0v-0007lu-WE for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2008 18:23:58 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2D0u-0007lp-ER for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2008 18:23:56 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2D0t-0007ld-0e for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2008 18:23:55 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40633 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K2D0s-0007la-SZ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2008 18:23:54 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:4824) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K2D0s-00009o-HP for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2008 18:23:54 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO relay.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.81]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 30 May 2008 18:23:57 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.21] (static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [72.92.88.10]) by relay.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA6D2619058 for ; Fri, 30 May 2008 18:23:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <20080530212032.GA1672@thorin> References: <20080530212032.GA1672@thorin> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 18:23:52 -0400 Message-Id: <1212186232.18496.16.camel@dv> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.1 (2.22.1-2.fc9) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: backwards compatibility in grub.cfg 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, 30 May 2008 22:23:57 -0000 On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 23:20 +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > Hi, > > I'm adding this to the Debian package. We need this for backwards > compatibility in case the new update-grub is used in combination with an > older install of GRUB in /boot/grub (which will surely happen a lot). > > I'm wondering if it makes sense to commit this in official GRUB too. I think it's a good idea. Suppose that UUID changes for whatever reason. Then it would be a fallback. Maybe we could put a conditional into grub.cfg: if !search --fs-uuid ... set root=... fi Just make sure that the old GRUB will actually grok it. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin