Package: grub
Version: 0.97-2
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Hi
as stated it subject update-grub fails to run with dash as /bin/sh if
there is no line like kopt_ in menu.lst. This is caused by passing empty
string to eval, attached patch fixes it.
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Michal Čihař | http://cihar.com
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-raptor
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages grub depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.5-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libncurses5 5.5-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand
grub recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
--- /tmp/update-grub 2006-01-05 22:02:50.826639000 +0100
+++ /sbin/update-grub 2006-01-05 21:02:07.744658500 +0100
@@ -635,7 +635,8 @@
test -z "$(GetMenuOpt "kopt" "")" && kopt_2_6="root=$root_device_2_6 ro"
# Extract options for specific kernels
-eval $(ExtractMenuOpts "\(kopt_[a-zA-Z0-9_]\+\)")
+opts="$(ExtractMenuOpts "\(kopt_[a-zA-Z0-9_]\+\)")"
+test -z "$opts" || eval "$opts"
CustomKopts=$(GetMenuOpts "\(kopt_[a-zA-Z0-9_]\+\)")
# Extract the grub root
