Hi Jason On Wednesday 13 September 2006 18:26, Jason Thomas wrote: > option C, we create a way to extract the version information from every > grub file. So that the grub shell can check that its version matches > the stage files and if not generate an ERROR message.
I tryied to understand how to do this ~2 months ago but didnt have time to go deep on it. How do you think it should be done? I saw a patch[1] sent by Mats Erik Andersson and it seems to be ok(needs just little changes), I`m going to try it better. [1] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-grub-devel/2006-September/001998.html -- Dorileo > > On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 11:05:38AM +0200, Marc Fargas wrote: > > Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >Surely this is still a bug in the grub shell for failing to notice that > > > it had rendered the system unbootable? > > > > Grub shell is supposed to be used by "experienced" users, and if the > > big problem is that setup() doesn't copy those files to /boot/ there > > are two lines of action: > > a) On a call to setup() output a nice warning message that clearly > > says that the files MUST be manually copied by the user encouragin the > > use of grub-install > > b) On a call to setup() take care of copying the files. > > > > I'd vote for option a, with that warning in place the bug would be ok, > > right? I've never touched inside grub but I can try to patch it if you > > select A, and less maybe for B ;) [so, is option A ok for closing the > > bug? at least the user knows that he/she won't boot again... hehe] > > > > Cheers, > > Marc. > > > > -- > > The probability of failure of a (computer) system is exponentially > > proportional to the physical distance between it and the one who could > > fix it. -- Martin F. Krafft > > > > > > -- > > The probability of failure of a (computer) system is exponentially > > proportional to the physical distance between it and the one who could > > fix it. -- Martin F. Krafft > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pkg-grub-devel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-grub-devel > > _______________________________________________ > Pkg-grub-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-grub-devel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
