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Re: GRUB-1.97~beta3 configure problems on freebsd
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Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko |
Subject: |
Re: GRUB-1.97~beta3 configure problems on freebsd |
Date: |
Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:42:39 +0200 |
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Brian R. Jones wrote:
> It appears that grub-mkconfig_lib has an explicit dependence on GNU
> coreutils. This is ok, but it requires the GNU versions of 'stat' and
> 'readlink' come before the native BSD versions in the path. I would
> argue that this is a bad thing.
>
> I could not find a ./configure option that would allow we to set a
> specific path for GNU coreutils so that grub-mkconfig_lib could
> explicitly use the GNU versions rather than the native ones. All I
> can say is that it would be a nice addition.
>
> Of course the problem can be worked around, but I generally think it's
> a bad idea to put foreign tools ahead of native ones in the path. To
> much chance of breaking native scripts.
>
We're aware of the problem but the patch by Felix Zielcke is deemed too
intrusive during pre-release phase.