Bug 874234

Summary: GRUB2 fails to install if destination is a symlink (powerpc-ieee1275)
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Paulo Flabiano Smorigo <pfsmorigo>
Component: grub2Assignee: Peter Jones <pjones>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 18CC: bcl, dcantrell, dennis, gustavold, mads, pjones
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Last Closed: 2012-12-06 07:25:28 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Paulo Flabiano Smorigo 2012-11-07 18:38:30 UTC 
Description of problem:
If the device used in grub2-install is a symlink, the file command must "follow
the link" in order to check the real device.


How reproducible:
# grub2-install /dev/mapper/mpatha1
The PReP partition is not empty. If you are sure you want to use it, run dd to clear it:
  dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mapper/mpatha1

This is because the destination is a symlink:
lrwxrwxrwx.  1 root root       7 Nov  7 15:59 mpatha1 -> ../dm-1
Comment 1 Paulo Flabiano Smorigo 2012-11-07 18:40:51 UTC 
Created attachment 640268 [details]
Adds the parameter to fix the problem
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2012-11-27 20:36:00 UTC 
grub2-2.00-13.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/grub2-2.00-13.fc18
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2012-11-28 02:12:00 UTC 
Package grub2-2.00-13.fc18:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing grub2-2.00-13.fc18'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-19181/grub2-2.00-13.fc18
then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2012-12-06 07:25:30 UTC 
grub2-2.00-13.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.