Bug#498234: menu.lst, update-grub: only vmlinuz* in ELF-format for xen-hypervisors

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Package: grub
Version: 0.97-47
Files: /usr/sbin/update-grub

debian testing lenny

Because of the xen0Kernels
xen-3.0.3-1-i386-pae.gz
xen-3.0.3-1-i386.gz
xen-3.2-1-i386-nonpae.gz
xen-3.2-1-i386.gz
all want to have dom0-Kernels in ELF-format (is this standard?),
i made this change to exclude the normal kernels in Format "Linux x86 boot" from the Xen-Section in menu.lst:
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--- update-grub	2008-09-08 11:43:51.000000000 +0200
+++ update-grub.new	2008-09-08 07:12:57.000000000 +0200
@@ -754,6 +754,9 @@
   if ! grep -q CONFIG_XEN_PRIVILEGED_GUEST=y /boot/config-$ver ; then
       continue
   fi
+    if ! $(file -z /boot/vmlinuz-$ver | grep -iq ELF) ; then
+      continue
+    fi
   # ver is a kernel version
   kern="/boot/vmlinuz-$ver"
   if [ -r $kern ] ; then
@@ -780,6 +783,9 @@
   if ! grep -q CONFIG_XEN=y /boot/config-$ver ; then
       continue
   fi
+    if ! $(file -z /boot/vmlinuz-$ver | grep -iq ELF) ; then
+      continue
+    fi
   # ver is a kernel version
   kern="/boot/vmlinuz-$ver"
   if [ -r $kern ] ; then
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thanks
christian

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