dracut/grubby fails to update grub.cfg

[poma]

On 21.10.2014 03:10, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 02:53:42AM +0200, poma wrote:
>>> The bug is in grubby, which is what's called from within kernel
>>> packages to update bootloader configuration scripts: GRUB legacy,
>>> GRUB2, syslinux, yaboot, and probably a bunch of other bootloaders
>>> are all supported by grubby. It looks at the existing "old" kernel
>>> entry to use as a guide for inserting a new entry for the new
>>> kernel. It fails because it doesn't understand subvolumes.
>> Are you sure it supports GRUB Legacy, 'cause in Rawhide after the
>> kernel upgrade there's no new entrance in /boot/grub/grub.conf.
> 
> It may have a new bug, but it historically always did.
> 
>> Besides it's called extlinux, not a syslinux.
> 
> That's complicated. Syslinux is a suite of programs, and Extlinux is
> one of those. I think it used to be fork, but it's merged back in.
> 

Syslinux is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.


poma