Bug#850601: desktop-base does not install on live images

[Aurélien COUDERC <zecoucou@free.fr>]

Hi Alf,

Le 8 janvier 2017 13:12:49 GMT+01:00, Alf Gaida <agaida@siduction.org> a écrit :

>Hi,
>
>desktop-base don't install on live images, reason is that grub don't
>find a canonical path. 
>I would call it a regression as desktop-base 8.0.2 works without
>problems.

Thank you for your bug report.

Do you mean apt install-ing the package from a live system ?

>The attached patch probably isn't a solution, more of a workaround.

Actually I've changed the code from Jessie's version in order to fail in case of error following this :
https://lists.debian.org/debian-desktop/2016/11/msg00060.html

I've copied KiBi who participated in the discussion.

Now what ?
Is the proposed patch deemed suitable wrt. policy, by not failing in case of error but still printing a message ?

I'd say it's not much different than the previous "|| true" because I expect update-grub/initramfs already produce relevant messages when they fail.


Cheers,
--Aurélien