[bug #36640] Please make grub-probe support symlinks

[Sebastian Pipping]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?36640>

                 Summary: Please make grub-probe support symlinks
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: hartwork
            Submitted on: Tue 12 Jun 2012 04:21:36 PM GMT
                Category: None
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 
                 Release: Bazaar - trunk
         Reproducibility: None
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

Related to bug #36639 in a way.

Please make grub-probe support symlinks.  The shell session below demonstrates
the current unpleasant behaviors of GRUB 2.00~beta6.


# ls -al /dev/GRUB_BOOT_TEST_DISK
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Jun 12 17:17 /dev/GRUB_BOOT_TEST_DISK -> loop7

# cat /tmp/tmp.IDdNMT35bf/boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)   /dev/loop7
(hd0)   /dev/GRUB_BOOT_TEST_DISK

# grub-probe --device-map=/tmp/tmp.IDdNMT35bf/boot/grub/device.map
--target=drive --device /dev/loop7
(hd0)

# grub-probe --device-map=/tmp/tmp.IDdNMT35bf/boot/grub/device.map
--target=drive --device /dev/GRUB_BOOT_TEST_DISK 
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/GRUB_BOOT_TEST_DISK. 
Check your device.map.

# grub-probe --device-map= --target=drive --device /dev/loop7
(hostdisk//dev/loop7)

# grub-probe --device-map= --target=drive --device /dev/GRUB_BOOT_TEST_DISK 
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/GRUB_BOOT_TEST_DISK. 
Check your device.map.





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