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Re: [PATCH] Make grub-install check for errors from efibootmgr
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Steve McIntyre |
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Re: [PATCH] Make grub-install check for errors from efibootmgr |
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Wed, 14 Feb 2018 15:30:48 +0000 |
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Apologies for the delayed response - just found this in the archives
but for some reason I never got it in my inbox. Weird... :-/
On Tue, Feb 06, 2018 at 04:29:23PM +0100, Daniel Kiper wrote:
>On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 09:49:36PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>> Code is currently ignoring errors from efibootmgr, giving users
>> clearly bogus output like:
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>> Setting up grub-efi-amd64 (2.02~beta3-4) ...
>> Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
>> Could not delete variable: No space left on device
>> Could not prepare Boot variable: No space left on device
>> Installation finished. No error reported.
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>> and then potentially unbootable systems. If efibootmgr fails,
>> grub-install should know that and report it!
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>> We've been using this patch in Debian now for some time, with no ill
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>s/this/similar/? If you are OK I will change that during commit.
Yup, perfect. :-)
>If there are no objections I will commit this in a week or so.
Please...
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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. address@hidden
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We don't need no thought control.