Re: GRUB-1.97~beta3 configure problems on freebsd

[Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko]

Brian R. Jones wrote:
> It appears that grub-mkconfig_lib has an explicit dependence on GNU
> coreutils.  This is ok, but it requires the GNU versions of 'stat' and
> 'readlink' come before the native BSD versions in the path.  I would
> argue that this is a bad thing.
>
> I could not find a ./configure option that would allow we to set a
> specific path for GNU coreutils so that grub-mkconfig_lib could
> explicitly use the GNU versions rather than the native ones.  All I
> can say is that it would be a nice addition.
>
> Of course the problem can be worked around, but I generally think it's
> a bad idea to put foreign tools ahead of native ones in the path.  To
> much chance of breaking native scripts.
>

We're aware of the problem but the patch by Felix Zielcke is deemed too
intrusive during pre-release phase.