On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 05:16:54AM +0200, Axel Beckert wrote: > I just ran into this issue with update-grub, too: > > [...] > /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: 291: /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: /etc/grub.d/README: > Permission denied > > There runs a "test -x /etc/grub.d/README" just before that problem > happens and /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig is a /bin/sh script. > > This is related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537123 (update-grub > fails if /etc/grub.d/README executable bit set) which seems to either > not fixed or showed up again as a regression (see comment #4). That > issue is also present in Debian Sid. It just showed up on kfreebsd > because of "test -x" failing to report executable bits properly. > > Colin: Yeah, that's how I stumbled upon the fact that LP: 537123 is > not fixed or has a regression. :-)
Thanks for noticing this. I've fixed this in GRUB upstream and will backport to Debian and Ubuntu. -- Colin Watson [cjwat...@debian.org] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
