Re-3: grub-mkconfig does not accept UTF-8-coded grub files, but does'nt give any hint in the user-documentations (commands 'man' and 'info')

[Kim Olsen]

> 16.01.2017 19:08, Kim Olsen пишет:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> If "/etc/default/grub" contains the typical unicode identifier
>> "<U+FEFF>" at the beginning of the file the program "grub-mkconfig"
>> unfairly reports an error.
>>

> This is shell script that is sourced by grub-mkconfig. Does your shell
> accept such script when run standalone? If not, there is nothing grub
> can do here.

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Libre Office Writer 4.3.3.2 creates UTF-8-coded text files with three
special characters at the beginning of the file. The command "cat" has
no problem with them; see RE-2. The program "kwrite" can process those
files, too. This is why also "grub-mkconfig" should be able to
process such files, as Windows- or ISO-8859-coded files are
antiquated! Otherwise any "apt-get dist-upgrade" which includes changes
to "grub" may result in an incorrect and cumbersome error advice.

Kim Olsen