> I gave a try to your patch for 'lilo -R' functionality in GRUB: > > http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grub/2002-02/msg00151.html > > it seems to basicaly work, but the --once flag is not honored when running > the real grub (I don't know if the problem is in savedefault or in the > boot routine itself). > > Could you review that? If it works, I intend to apply it at least for the > Debian package, and possibly for CVS too (if Okuji agrees).
I only changed the behaviour of savedefault when executed within the GRUB-util shell (ie. not GRUB menu mode). I can't think of a scenario where the '--once' semantics would be useful to access from the GRUB menu, so I'm reluctant to 'fix' this behaviour. One other limitation you should be aware of is that '--once' only works if the stage2 file is accessible via a currently-mounted filesystem at /boot/grub/stage2. So, for example, if your stage2 is on a filesystem that is not mounted, or is mounted somewhere completely different, the '--once' flag will not work. If the patch will make it to the main tree then I may investigate fixing this issue --- I suspect it wouldn't be too hard. > For GRUB CVS, though, there's the issue of copyright assignment. Have you > assigned copyright for GRUB or been asked about this before? I sent back a questionnaire to the FSF lawyer(s) some time ago, but copyright assignment forms have not been forthcoming. I'll send them a chasing email right now.... -- Keir _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd
