Re: [PATCH] Fix file name transformations (mostly)

[Robert Millan]

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 03:20:29PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 13:49 +0200, Lubomir Kundrak wrote:
> 
> > > As for /boot/grub, we are not installing anything there on "make
> > > install".  I don't think it should be transformed.  But we could accept
> > > a configuration option to change that directory.
> > 
> > We should have a sensible default that wouldn't clash with GRUB Legacy's
> > default.
> 
> There is no clash here.  Names of all files under /boot/grub are
> different, except device.map.  But device.map has the same format and is
> system specific.

Lubomir, if you're worried about making GRUB 2 and Legacy coexist, I can
confirm you it's perfectly possible using the same directory.  In Debian we
do that in fact (I only had to fix grub-install removing menu.lst, but that's
all).

-- 
Robert Millan

<GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call!
<DRM> What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak?
(as seen on /.)