Re: Add prefix option to grub-mkconfig

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

On 26.10.2011 22:54, Keshav P R wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 02:18, Seth Goldberg <address@hidden
> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>      Personally, I'd love to see boot-directory go away also -- I
>     think you should be able to specify the exact directory you want
>     without worrying about /grub being appended.  Same goes for mkconfig.
>
>      --S
>
>
> Yes, that would be best and gives direct control to the user. For now
> GRUB_PREFIX denotes that final dir (atleast in the scripts).
>
Ok, I open directory you specifiec without thinking too much and spill
loads of files in it. Happy sorting.
> - Keshav
>  
>
>
>     Quoting Keshav P R, who wrote the following on Thu, 27 Oct 2011:
>
>         Hi all,
>               As discussed in #grub irc, I think going the
>         --boot-directory way as
>         phcoder suggested will lead to unnecessary complexity. I would
>         prefer
>         directly mentioning the path to grub_prefix dir, as in case of
>         uefi installs
>         the prefix dir could be anything (/efi/grub, /efi/grub2,
>         /efi/grub_custom,
>         /efi/redhat, /efi/ubuntu etc.). Using --boot-directory in such
>         a case also
>         requires --bootloader-id etc. to be provided.
>              Proper GRUB_PREFIX is required for video.lst and
>         locale_dir setting
>         in grub.cfg. The patch with --prefix option is at
>         http://pastie.org/2763921. Please give your views.
>
>         Regards.
>
>         Keshav
>
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Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko

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