From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1VmILF-0001lb-So for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 02:18:21 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47841) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VmIL6-0001fa-8a for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 02:18:20 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VmIKx-0003f1-OA for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 02:18:12 -0500 Received: from mail-ea0-x22b.google.com ([2a00:1450:4013:c01::22b]:37435) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VmIKx-0003dp-HK for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 02:18:03 -0500 Received: by mail-ea0-f171.google.com with SMTP id h10so6516259eak.30 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2013 23:18:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; bh=OSWMRTIjmKYhXLAhXbGcDo8tqh2GAmXNM+9EMTgknwo=; b=oyAr6a8gDELwjirBQLez1sEn0V3g7caP6+HIXaHnkQwV1Xl6tvRMqCVLZwIF6k3pGt Zu1Jfhqc0Nodgap9bm95IxuerCUzIQ/1jErgZaWjg+6aKuXuNFhN7uNjlfL9B53hXXLL RwE7ILXiZDs17xFtnyjw1uaocwCsQDlX224jO0mN/9WXeRyUqPkwz8iLOBtHViOMbRFE NHhYPPL/pbGsl1aVdHof0TcFx2YEwwAF50woeH3KqZte0y0XJUcoeofMf6doIyXe4SFm 1Z/UMy5qaCiS5xdaTQJz52la6OsMzrrPFl6Ec9EdTUeiSzEsAGv3qJlKKjNLNpBj2aXa 1m8w== X-Received: by 10.14.251.196 with SMTP id b44mr51785453ees.10.1385709482735; Thu, 28 Nov 2013 23:18:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.16] (31-249.1-85.cust.bluewin.ch. [85.1.249.31]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id a51sm37606562eeh.8.2013.11.28.23.18.01 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 28 Nov 2013 23:18:01 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <52983FA8.4090306@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 08:18:00 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20131005 Icedove/17.0.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix using grub device name as install device References: <1385673108-13091-1-git-send-email-arvidjaar@gmail.com> <529833BA.4030605@gmail.com> <20131129105245.6dd8a92c@opensuse.site> In-Reply-To: <20131129105245.6dd8a92c@opensuse.site> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="----enig2JOHEMFDMRTOOCAUDTLWO" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4013:c01::22b X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 07:18:20 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) ------enig2JOHEMFDMRTOOCAUDTLWO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 29.11.2013 07:52, Andrey Borzenkov wrote: > =D0=92 Fri, 29 Nov 2013 07:27:06 +0100 > Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko =D0=BF=D0= =B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82: >=20 >> On 28.11.2013 22:11, Andrey Borzenkov wrote: >>> Shell version of grub-install called grub-setup which resolved >>> install device name and called main setup routine. C version of >>> grub-install calls main setup routine directly, which leads >>> to the error: >>> >> Do you have a reason for continuing accepting such input? It was >> considered wrong way of doing things for quite some while. >=20 > Yes - compatibility. At least openSUSE used this syntax during > bootloader configuration (together with maintaining device.map) in past= > releases, so anyone updating will inherit it. How do you think I hit it= > in the first place? :) And I do not know how many other distros are > affected. >=20 You're right. And as much as I hate this syntax, we're stuck with it. Go ahead ------enig2JOHEMFDMRTOOCAUDTLWO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.15 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iF4EAREKAAYFAlKYP6gACgkQmBXlbbo5nOszmAD/SvYZv0BfZTixQInhOpZ18IHg fqlAIfqP72/V1L0aqKQA/AvvTMtrTlaCjiK2pT9cTZhWQbLIPz7eq10m9p+SCSdM =wPy7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------enig2JOHEMFDMRTOOCAUDTLWO--