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Re: [PATCH] don't abort with error if realpath fails
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Yoshinori K. Okuji |
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Re: [PATCH] don't abort with error if realpath fails |
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Thu, 21 Sep 2006 03:55:54 +0200 |
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On Sunday 17 September 2006 22:39, Robert Millan wrote:
> Please consider (mostly useful to support device.map generated by GRUB
> legacy):
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> 2006-09-17 Robert Millan <address@hidden>
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> * util/i386/pc/biosdisk.c (read_device_map): Don't abort with error if
> realpath fails (e.g. to cope with missing /dev/fd0 when we're aren't
> writing to floppy).
Can you elaborate on the purpose? Personally I prefer a strict check for this
part, since the installation of GRUB is potentially very dangerous!
Okuji