Re: r2558 made another use case for make_relative_to_its_root visible (else SEGFAULT)

[Robert Millan]

On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 08:52:44PM +0200, Felix Zielcke wrote:
> r2558 actually enabled this code path which was (almost) never executed
> before in probe():
> 
>       if (S_ISREG (st.st_mode))
>         {
>           /* Regular file.  Verify that we can read it properly.  */
> 
>           grub_file_t file;
>           grub_util_info ("reading %s via OS facilities", path);
>           filebuf_via_sys = grub_util_read_image (path);
> 
>           grub_util_info ("reading %s via GRUB facilities", path);
>           asprintf (&grub_path, "(%s)%s", drive_name, path);
>           file = grub_file_open (grub_path);
>           filebuf_via_grub = xmalloc (file->size);
>           grub_file_read (file, filebuf_via_grub, file->size);
> 
>           grub_util_info ("comparing");
> 
>           if (memcmp (filebuf_via_grub, filebuf_via_sys, file->size))
>             grub_util_error ("files differ");
>         }
>       printf ("%s\n", fs->name);
> 
> If /boot is on a seperate partition and you run `grub-probe -t
> fs /boot/grub/core.img' grub_file_open returns 0 because grub_path is
> the full system path and not a relative path which GRUB needs.

A proper fix for this would be too intrusive for 1.97.  Unless someone
has a bright idea, I'll comment it out untill we've released.

-- 
Robert Millan

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