Attachment 640268 Details for Bug 874234 – Adds the parameter to fix the problem

[patch] Adds the parameter to fix the problem

follow-the-symbolic-link-ieee1275.patch (text/plain), 1.25 KB, created by Paulo Flabiano Smorigo on 2012-11-07 18:40:51 UTC

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Creator: Paulo Flabiano Smorigo

Created: 2012-11-07 18:40:51 UTC

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>From 9436d0324b98e71c8ab55b09b4248a617cd463a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>From: Paulo Flabiano Smorigo <pfsmorigo@br.ibm.com>
>Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 16:22:33 -0200
>Subject: [PATCH] Follow the symbolic link (ieee1275)
>
>If the device used is a symlink, the file command must "follow
>the link" in order to check the real device.
>---
> util/grub-install.in |    2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>diff --git a/util/grub-install.in b/util/grub-install.in
>index 69a97ad..19dc3b4 100644
>--- a/util/grub-install.in
>+++ b/util/grub-install.in
>@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ elif [ "${grub_modinfo_target_cpu}-${grub_modinfo_platform}" = "i386-ieee1275" ]
> 	       exit 1
>         fi
> 
>-        if [ "$(file -s "${install_device}" -b | awk '{ print $1 }')" = ELF ] || [ x$("${grub_probe}" -m "${device_map}" -d "${install_device}" -t zero_check) = xtrue ]; then
>+        if [ "$(file -s -b -L "${install_device}" | awk '{ print $1 }')" = ELF ] || [ x$("${grub_probe}" -m "${device_map}" -d "${install_device}" -t zero_check) = xtrue ]; then
> 	        dd if="${grubdir}/${grub_modinfo_target_cpu}-$grub_modinfo_platform/core.${imgext}" of="${install_device}" status=noxfer || {
> 	        gettext "Failed to copy Grub to the PReP partition." 1>&2
> 	            echo 1>&2
>-- 
>1.7.10.4
>

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