On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 22:50:00 +0200 Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> wrote: > Hi, > > David Hare <davidahare@gmail.com> (2015-10-12): > > Package: os-prober > > Version: 1.65 > > Severity: normal > > Tags: patch > > > > When invoking 'update-grub' an installation of Devuan on another partition > > is identified by os-prober as 'unknown Linux distribution'. It does have an > > /etc/devuan_version file. By contrast, os-prober supports detection of other > > OS's (including some Debian derivatives). > > > > Please resolve this for future versions. A simple 3-line patch to > > /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90linux-distro (enclosed) has been observed to > > work (by myself only so far). > > > > David Hare > > > 127a128,130 > > > elif [ -e "$dir/etc/devuan_version" ]; then > > > short="Devuan" > > > long="$(printf "Devuan GNU/Linux (%s)\n" "$(cat "$dir/etc/devuan_version")")" > > Thanks, but please use diff -u or git format-patch. Having the context > around is always a good idea; having a patch ready to apply even more so. Instead of increasing this list even further, wouldn't it be better to simply rely on /etc/os-release and actually remove most of /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90linux-distro ? -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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