Hi Jürgen Could you try the attached patch? I think this is a better aproach and avoids future problems.
Thanks -- Dorileo On Sunday 25 February 2007 14:29, jlueters wrote: > Package: grub > Version: 0.97-23 > Severity: important > > If grub is under /boot/boot/grub update grub fails because it does > call "grub-set-default" without parameter ""--root-directory". > grub-set-default fails because it has been provided with the wrong root > directory. > > Possible fix: > > line 400 > replace > grub-set-default 0 > > with > if [ $grub_dir = /boot/boot/grub ] > then grub-set-default --root-directory=/boot 0 > else grub-set-default --root-directory=/ 0 > fi > > > Jürgen > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 4.0 > APT prefers testing-proposed-updates > APT policy: (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'testing') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > Kernel: Linux 2.6.18 > Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) > > Versions of packages grub depends on: > ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared > libraries ii libncurses5 5.5-5 Shared libraries for > terminal hand > > grub recommends no packages. > > -- no debconf information > > > _______________________________________________ > Pkg-grub-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-grub-devel
--- grub-set-default 2007-02-13 16:50:53.000000000 +0000 +++ grub-set-default.changed 2007-02-27 15:18:07.000000000 +0000 @@ -74,18 +74,45 @@ exit 1 fi +find_grub_dir () +{ + echo -n "Searching for GRUB installation directory ... " >&2 + + for d in $grub_dirs ; do + if [ -d "$d" ] ; then + grub_dir="$d" + break + fi + done + + if [ -z "$grub_dir" ] ; then + abort "No GRUB directory found.\n###" + else + echo "found: $grub_dir" >&2 + fi + + echo $grub_dir +} + +grub_dirs="/boot/grub /boot/boot/grub" + # Determine the GRUB directory. This is different among OSes. -grubdir=${rootdir}/boot/grub -if test -d ${grubdir}; then +# if rootdir has been informed use it or find grubdir otherwise +if [ -n ${rootdir} ]; then + grubdir=${rootdir}/boot/grub + if test -d ${grubdir}; then : -else + else grubdir=${rootdir}/grub if test -d ${grubdir}; then - : + : else - echo "No GRUB directory found under ${rootdir}/" 1>&2 - exit 1 + echo "No GRUB directory found under ${rootdir}/" 1>&2 + exit 1 fi + fi +else + grubdir=$(find_grub_dir) fi file=${grubdir}/default