Re: grub-mkconfig fails on every non i386-pc because of gfxterm/vbe

[Felix Zielcke]

Am Dienstag, den 25.08.2009, 21:35 +0200 schrieb Robert Millan:
> On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 01:03:21PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 10:22:49AM +0200, Felix Zielcke wrote:
> > > Am Donnerstag, den 20.08.2009, 18:18 -0400 schrieb Pavel Roskin:
> > > > 
> > > > Fine with me.   Just please don't rely on existence of modules.
> > > 
> > > Here's now a patch which moves the check for vbe.mod from 00_header to
> > > grub-mkconfig and enables gfxterm if it's found.
> > 
> > Just a min, I think Pavel's concern about reliing on existence of modules 
> > was
> > resolved with this commit:
> > 
> > 2009-08-21  Pavel Roskin  <address@hidden>
> > 
> >         * Makefile.in (install-local): When checking if a file is in the
> >         build directory, use "test -e" to detect symlinks.
> > 
> >         * Makefile.in (install-local): Remove all files in
> >         $(DESTDIR)$(pkglibdir) before installing new files there.
> > 
> > Pavel, if you could confirm that you're ok with checking for module
> > existance, maybe Felix' patch can be made simpler.
> 
> I checked Felix' patch, which checks for module existance, and I
> believe that there's currently no problem with it.  This is based on
> private conversation with Pavel, which led to the commit I'm quoting
> in this mail (see above).
> 
> Felix, please go ahead and commit it.  I don't think there's anything
> wrong, but if there is we can still fix it afterwards.
> 

Commited. I don't have either an idea how to do it differently.