From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MIity-0005rz-Rr for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:45:34 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MIitw-0005qQ-QU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:45:32 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MIits-0005og-77 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:45:32 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37430 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MIitr-0005oY-VK for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:45:28 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:33746) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MIitr-00040X-FJ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:45:27 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MIhqq-0004TD-3d for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:38:18 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MIiti-0007j9-Er for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:45:18 +0200 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:45:18 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090622124518.GA29684@thorin> References: <20090621181748.GA21152@thorin> <1245610842.4250.6.camel@mj> <20090621193011.GC21827@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090621193011.GC21827@thorin> 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/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) Subject: Re: [PATCH] i386-qemu port 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: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:45:33 -0000 On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 09:30:11PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 03:00:42PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > > The result is you can do e.g. > > > > > > $ sudo grub-mkrawimage at_keyboard normal etc -o /usr/share/qemu/grub > > > > Please consider if we can call it grub-mkimage unless grub-mkimage would > > make sense as a separate executable for that platform. > > Well, calling it grub-mkrawimage makes life a bit easier for packagers as > it brings us closer to a situation in which two ports don't conflict with > each other. In debian we already ship a single copy of grub-mkelfimage > this way (grub-common package). > > That said, in practice it isn't yet possible for two ports to coexist in > the same system, so it doesn't bring much benefit in short term. I'll just make it grub-mkimage for now. We can always discuss about a rename later on. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."