Package: os-prober
Version: 1.53
Tags: patch
os-prober assumes that there is no space around '=' sign for append
directive in yaboot.conf, while there can be. Therefore, both
append="some options" and append = "some options" are valid in
yaboot.conf. This patch fixes this parsing bug.
diff -up os-prober-1.53/linux-boot-probes/mounted/powerpc/40yaboot.parsefix os-prober-1.53/linux-boot-probes/mounted/powerpc/40yaboot
--- os-prober-1.53/linux-boot-probes/mounted/powerpc/40yaboot.parsefix 2012-05-25 15:57:13.477647064 +0430
+++ os-prober-1.53/linux-boot-probes/mounted/powerpc/40yaboot 2012-05-25 16:16:58.844827933 +0430
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ parse_yaboot_conf () {
kernel="$(dequote "$2")"
;;
append)
- shift 1
- parameters="$(dequote "${line#append=}")"
+ cleanappend=`printf %s "$line" | sed -E 's/append(\s)*=(\s)*//'`
+ parameters="$(dequote "$cleanappend")"
;;
initrd)
initrd="$(dequote "$2")"
