[bug #36771] grub-2.00: grub-mkimage: --memdisk overrides --prefix if comes later in arguments list

[Maxim Kammerer]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?36771>

                 Summary: grub-2.00: grub-mkimage: --memdisk overrides
--prefix if comes later in arguments list
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: mkdesu
            Submitted on: Tue 03 Jul 2012 09:32:06 AM GMT
                Category: Configuration
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Software Error
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 
                 Release: other
         Reproducibility: Every Time
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

Seems that this behavior should be either documented or fixed:

# grub-mkimage -O x86_64-efi -m memdisk.tar -p "(memdisk)/grub" -o BOOTx64.EFI
memdisk tar
# strings -a BOOTx64.EFI | grep '(memdisk)'
(memdisk)/grub

# grub-mkimage -O x86_64-efi -p "(memdisk)/grub" -m memdisk.tar -o BOOTx64.EFI
memdisk tar
# strings -a BOOTx64.EFI | grep '(memdisk)'
(memdisk)/boot/grub


Relevant snippet from util/grub-mkimage.c:

    case 'm':
      if (arguments->memdisk)
        free (arguments->memdisk);

      arguments->memdisk = xstrdup (arg);

      if (arguments->prefix)
        free (arguments->prefix);

      arguments->prefix = xstrdup ("(memdisk)/boot/grub");
      break;




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