Bug#904780: redundant man page section in grub-install(8)
Katy Tolsen
2ndlifekaty at gmail.com
Sat Jul 28 00:25:57 BST 2018
Package: grub2-common
Version: 2.02~beta3-5
Severity: minor
The description section of grub-install(8) begins with "Install GRUB
on your drive." on lines 10-107, then is repeated verbatim starting on
line 109. The duplicate text is as follows:
"""
Install GRUB on your drive.
--compress=no|xz|gz|lzo
compress GRUB files [optional]
-d, --directory=DIR
use images and modules under DIR
[default=/usr/lib/grub/<platform>]
--fonts=FONTS
install FONTS [default=unicode]
--install-modules=MODULES
install only MODULES and their dependencies [default=all]
-k, --pubkey=FILE
embed FILE as public key for signature checking
--locale-directory=DIR use translations under DIR
[default=/usr/share/locale]
--locales=LOCALES
install only LOCALES [default=all]
--modules=MODULES
pre-load specified modules MODULES
--themes=THEMES
install THEMES [default=starfield]
-v, --verbose
print verbose messages.
--allow-floppy
make the drive also bootable as floppy (default for fdX
devices). May break on some BIOSes.
--boot-directory=DIR
install GRUB images under the directory DIR/grub instead
of the boot/grub directory
--bootloader-id=ID
the ID of bootloader. This option is only available on
EFI and Macs.
--core-compress=xz|none|auto
choose the compression to use for core image
--disk-module=MODULE
disk module to use (biosdisk or native). This option is
only available on BIOS target.
--efi-directory=DIR
use DIR as the EFI System Partition root.
--force
install even if problems are detected
--force-extra-removable
force installation to the removable media path also.
This option is only available on EFI.
--force-file-id
use identifier file even if UUID is available
--label-bgcolor=COLOR
use COLOR for label background
--label-color=COLOR
use COLOR for label
--label-font=FILE
use FILE as font for label
--macppc-directory=DIR use DIR for PPC MAC install.
--no-bootsector
do not install bootsector
--no-nvram
don't update the `boot-device'/`Boot*' NVRAM variables.
This option is only available on EFI and IEEE1275
targets.
--no-rs-codes
Do not apply any reed-solomon codes when embedding
core.img. This option is only available on x86 BIOS tar‐
gets.
--no-uefi-secure-boot
do not install an image usable with UEFI Secure Boot,
even if the system was currently started using it. This
option is only available on EFI.
--product-version=STRING
use STRING as product version
--recheck
delete device map if it already exists
--removable
the installation device is removable. This option is
only available on EFI.
-s, --skip-fs-probe
do not probe for filesystems in DEVICE
"""
This redundant information should be removed.
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