From: Jonathan McCune <jonmccune@google.com>
To: The development of GNU GRUB <grub-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v0] Make clear that passing --grub-mkimage to grub-install is not supported.
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 11:29:18 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADtfRCUWzD4RSzm3_DvYBPzkSOvRg-rsA0fDfUQ+51xTGwL0hg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <529CDD89.6050808@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko <
phcoder@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 02.12.2013 20:13, Jon McCune wrote:
> > A reasonable alternative would be to completely remove all traces
> > of --grub-mkimage, and simply have it fail like any other unrecognized
> > flag to grub-install, but this will not be as clear to those who may
> > go looking for what has happened to --grub-mkimage.
> >
> The reason for this option was to specify where grub-mkimage is located.
> Your ways of using it were unsupported interface abuses. I have never
> seen any script abusing grub-mkimage such way (that is other than yours).
>
Okay, nevermind this patch then.
-Jon
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2013-12-02 19:13 [PATCH v0] Make clear that passing --grub-mkimage to grub-install is not supported Jon McCune
2013-12-02 19:20 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
2013-12-02 19:29 ` Jonathan McCune [this message]
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