From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MjDNW-00087z-2g for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:33:34 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MjDNU-000871-6D for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:33:32 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MjDNO-00085Y-SU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:33:31 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49087 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MjDNO-00085R-Kn for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:33:26 -0400 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:37720) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MjDNO-0006cB-7y for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:33:26 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8] helo=aybabtu.com) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MjDNN-00087t-MG for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:33:25 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MjDNM-000532-QS for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:33:25 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MjDNL-0001ou-UW for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:33:23 +0200 Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 16:33:23 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090903143323.GH6656@thorin> References: <20090902110141.GR13423@riva.ucam.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090902110141.GR13423@riva.ucam.org> 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 mx20.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Subject: Re: [PATCH] save_env variable_name=value 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, 03 Sep 2009 14:33:32 -0000 On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 12:01:42PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > This implements saving an environment variable with a given value > without having to set that variable first, as suggested by Pavel here: > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2009-06/msg00190.html > > 2009-09-02 Colin Watson > > * commands/loadenv.c (grub_cmd_save_env): Allow an optional > explicit value (`save_env variable_name=value'). > (GRUB_MOD_INIT (loadenv)): Update save_env summary. Maybe it is better to handle the extra logic at grub-mkconfig level (for smaller/faster loadenv code). Is this feasible? In any case, this would have to be post-1.97. -- 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."