[bug#71348] [PATCH 0/2] Update GRUB to 2.12

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hi,

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Ludovic,
>
> +CC Josselin, who also had a GRUB 2.12 patch somewhere (can't find it)
>
> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Hello Guix!
>>
>> Following the discussion with Ada Stevenson¹ who reported that
>> the e2fsprogs upgrade to 1.47.0 broke system installation, here
>> is an upgrade of GRUB.
>>
>> I tested it on x86_64-linux with:
>>
>>   ./pre-inst-env guix build grub-efi{,32} grub-coreboot grub-hybrid 
>> grub{,-minimal}
>
> That's a welcome update.  I believe it'll fix our LUKS2 issues and we
> could do without mentioning the caveats in the manual, like so:
>
> modified   doc/guix.texi
> @@ -2384,21 +2384,12 @@ Keyboard Layout and Networking and Partitioning
>  @uref{https://linux.die.net/man/8/cryptsetup, @code{man cryptsetup}},
>  @code{man cryptsetup}} for more information).
>  
> -@quotation Warning
> -While efforts are in progress to extend support to LUKS2, please note
> -that Guix only supports devices of type LUKS1 at the moment. You can
> -verify that your existing LUKS device is of the right type by running
> -@command{cryptsetup luksDump @var{device}}. Alternatively, you can
> -create a new LUKS1 device with @command{cryptsetup luksFormat --type
> -luks1 @var{device}}.
> -@end quotation
> -
>  Assuming you want to store the root partition on @file{/dev/sda2}, the
> -command sequence to format it as a LUKS1 partition would be along these
> +command sequence to format it as a LUKS partition would be along these
>  lines:
>  
>  @example
> -cryptsetup luksFormat --type luks1 /dev/sda2
> +cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sda2
>  cryptsetup open /dev/sda2 my-partition
>  mkfs.ext4 -L my-root /dev/mapper/my-partition
>  @end example
>
> Reviewed-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail>

I've now applied this with the above.

Closing!

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Thanks,
Maxim