Bug#512968: grub-pc: Fails to install when gnumach is installed

[Robert Millan]

On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 03:31:37PM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote:
> Package: grub-pc
> Version: 1.96+20080724-14
> Severity: serious
> Tags: patch
> 
> Hi,
> 
> When gnumach is installed grub-pc fails to install due to at least the
> missing function make_system_path_relative_to_its_root. Also afterwards
> it aborts if it cannot find the needed stuff to successfully boot a Hurd
> system, which should not be fatal on non Hurd systems. The attached
> patch fixes those problems.
> 
> For upstream submission you might want to replace the dpkg invokation
> with uname.

Hi Guillem,

I think I'll just refrain from installing those files on systems where
they're not useful.  The generated boot entry is going to be system-specific
anyway, so there's no use in providing them.

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