Bug 1055104

Summary:	grub2-mkconfig -o destroys a symlink
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Tomas Dolezal <todoleza>
Component:	grub2	Assignee:	Peter Jones <pjones>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	20	CC:	andriusb, bcl, bugs.michael, dennis, mads, mkolaja, pholica, pjones, vgaikwad
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OS:	Linux
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Clone Of:	1032182	Environment:
Last Closed:	2014-01-20 17:25:35 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Bug Depends On:	1032182
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Description Tomas Dolezal 2014-01-18 20:00:59 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1032182 +++

Description of problem:
There is the following symbolic link in the system by default:

/etc/grub2.cfg -> /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

The following command, however, destroys the link by replacing it with a regular file:

mkconfig-grub2 -o /etc/grub2.cfg

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
grub2-2.00-25.fc20.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. make sure that /etc/grub2.cfg is a symlink to /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
2. run mkconfig-grub2 -o /etc/grub2.cfg
3. rpm -V grub2 fails because destination file becomes a regular file with updated content, grub2 is not updated

Actual results:
/etc/grub2.cfg is a regular file

Expected results:
/etc/grub2.cfg is a symlink

Additional info:

Comment 1 Mads Kiilerich 2014-01-18 20:40:23 UTC

It has "always" been that way. It has never been recommended/documented to use the symlink for mkconfig. The symlink is only for grubby.

Comment 2 Michael Schwendt 2014-01-19 08:52:43 UTC

Tomas, see bug 743977 for an older ticket about this.

Comment 3 Brian Lane 2014-01-20 17:25:35 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 743977 ***