Bug#545460: segfault during update of grub-pc package

[Robert Ramiega]

On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 03:54:49PM +0200, Felix Zielcke wrote:
> Am Montag, den 07.09.2009, 15:47 +0200 schrieb Robert Ramiega:
> 
> > the exact grub-probe line that segfaults is this:
> > 
> > /usr/sbin/grub-probe --device /dev/mapper/rhenvar-lvol0 --target=abstraction
> > 
> > tho what does grub want from my /usr filessytem is beyond me =o))
> 
> The fonts needed for gfxterm live in /usr/share/grub.
> We copy unicode.pf2 to /boot/grub in the postinst in case /usr isn't
> accessible by GRUB but the ones in /usr are prefered.
> As a workaround you can set `GRUB_FONT=/boot/grub/unicode.pf2'
> in /etc/default/grub

This fixed the issue. 
> 
> > 
> > > Then `gdb grub-probe'
> > > `r <arguments>'
> > > `bt'
> > 
> > This will need some more preparations and I'll do that ASAP. In the meantime
> > I can provide strace output from above (if it's of any help).
> > 
> 
> Thanks, but I think strace wouldn't help.
> It has problable more something to do with the LVM metadata on your
> disks.

 OK. As i wrote earlier I'll try to get you a backtrace later today.

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