grub2 confusion

[Tom H]

On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Michael Schwendt <mschwendt at gmail.com> wrote:


> So, more symlink madness. /etc/grub2.cfg -> /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
> and it doesn't even work flawlessly:

This is like the grub1 "/etc/grub.conf" symlink; faster access to the
grub configuration and grub configuration accessible under "/etc".


> # grub2-mkconfig -o /etc/grub2.cfg
> Generating grub.cfg ...
> ...
> # ls /etc/grub2.cfg
> /etc/grub2.cfg
>
> WTF? It didn't _follow_ the symlink, it replaced it with a file.

Of course. That's what overwriting a symlink with a file does.