Re: [PATCH] improve error messages in grub-setup

[Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>]

On Sun, 2009-05-03 at 22:54 +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 01:04:33PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> > On Sun, 2009-05-03 at 18:55 +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> > 
> > > Agreed.  It's no harm to add --force for users who are stuck in such layouts.
> > > 
> > > Here's a new patch.
> > 
> > I don't see the "force" variable affecting anything in setup() other
> > than output.
> 
> There is, see:
> 
> +  grub_util_warn ("Embedding is not possible.  GRUB can only be installed in this "
> +                 "setup by using blocklists.  However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and "
> +                 "its use is discouraged.");
> +  if (! force)
> +    grub_util_error ("If you really want blocklists, use --force.");
> 
> The first is always displayed, the latter only when we don't have --force

Sorry, I missed the side effect of grub_util_error().  Never mind.

> > grub_util_warn() doesn't set any flag that there have been
> > warnings.
> 
> That's an option, too.  But it would preclude the possibility of issuing
> warnings for which we don't want to require --force (i.e. lesser evils).
> I wonder if that would be a problem?

We can decide it when we know what the lesser evils are.  I'm fine with
your patch.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin