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Re: [d-i on kfreebsd] quick status report



On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:58:27PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> 
> A while ago I sent a patch to fix this problem by switching to grub-probe:
> 
>   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=13;filename=grub-installer.diff;att=1;bug=473401
> 
> At this point, keeping the convert() function doesn't provide any benefit,
> even for GRUB Legacy.  If grub-probe couldn't be used for this conversion,
> install would fail anyway.
> 
> But it does work.  It shipped with Lenny this way.

Anyhow, this is not necessary at all to support GNU/kFreeBSD.  I was only
triing to explain why there's no need to update convert() for the sake of
GRUB 2.

-- 
Robert Millan

  The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
  how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
  still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."


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