From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Mqn8m-0004ji-4i for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:09:40 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mqn8d-0004hj-3P for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:09:31 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mqn8W-0004g5-JD for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:09:29 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59814 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mqn8W-0004fn-CR for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:09:24 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:45957 helo=aybabtu.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mqn8V-0003qP-QV for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:09:24 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mqn8U-0006BY-Cn for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:09:22 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mqn8T-0001Ns-SP for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:09:21 +0200 Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:09:21 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090924120921.GE4558@thorin> References: <875790.2323.qm@web112116.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4AB9C1D1.9040004@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4AB9C1D1.9040004@gmail.com> 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, 3) Subject: Re: grub-install for FreeBSD 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, 24 Sep 2009 12:09:31 -0000 On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 08:36:01AM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > Andrey Shuvikov wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I tried to install Grub2 under FreeBSD but grub-install failed because readlink doesn't understand -f and stat doesn't have -c. I edited grub-mkconfig_lib.in to use different commands instead. I'm not sure it's the right way to handle this difference but it worked. The patch is attached. > > > > > We're aware of this problem. Felix Zielcke has a solution but at this > point it's deemed too intrusive. We'll probably commit it once feature > freeze is over Alternatively, I could also allow a patch that checks the capabilities of those commands. It should try readlink first, and fallback to greadlink if necessary. -- 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."