From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JmaOZ-0003y3-DO for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:07:47 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JmaOX-0003x6-KE for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:07:45 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JmaOV-0003w1-11 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:07:45 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JmaOU-0003vs-TV for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:07:42 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JmaOU-0002Yi-Lf for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:07:42 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JmaON-0001qJ-St for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:07:36 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JmaNz-0003bB-T2 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:07:11 +0200 Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:07:11 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080417200711.GA13794@thorin> References: <1208211148.3971.38.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1208287199.23118.18.camel@dv> <1208432952.770.35.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1208460029.27241.32.camel@dv> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1208460029.27241.32.camel@dv> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:07:45 -0000 On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 03:20:29PM -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. Lubomir, if you're worried about making GRUB 2 and Legacy coexist, I can confirm you it's perfectly possible using the same directory. In Debian we do that in fact (I only had to fix grub-install removing menu.lst, but that's all). -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)