Bug#372186: grub2: powerpc version depends on ofpathname

[Otavio Salvador]

Roger Leigh <rleigh at whinlatter.ukfsn.org> writes:

>> Can you notice us when you know the anwser?
>
> I got one reply back.  There are other CPL licensed projects in main
> already, so I can package it.

Great. You can commit the dependency change once you get it in archive.

>>> This might be substituted with the "ofpath" utility which is
>>> part of yaboot, but they are completely independent
>>> implementations which are not completely identical.
>>
>> How difficult might be move for it? Also, might be good  to talk with
>> GRUB developers and ask them to support both if possible.
>
> I will probably take over yaboot maintenance (it's orphaned at the
> moment), at which point I can look at moving it to powerpc-utils, or
> simply copying it over.  It's GPL, so it (with the copyright holders'
> approval) could be dropped straight into grub2 CVS.

Ok.

> The syntax of the two is slightly different (one has a trailing ':').
> The yaboot version is better at disk devices, whereas the IBM version
> is more modern (using sysfs) and supports a wider range of hardware.
> It might be best to merge the best features of both projects; I'll
> discuss it with both upstreams (the licensing might be an issue).

Maybe then might be better to make yaboot version more modern ;-)

> For yaboot, integration with debian-installer was an issue, so it
> reimplements shell features which the IBM version does not.  This
> might also be an issue with grub2.

But we can't use busybox for it?

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