Bug#614927: grub-install writes in /boot even with --root-directory

[Colin Watson]

tags 614927 pending
thanks

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 10:46:55AM +0100, Nicolas George wrote:
> When calling grub-install with --root-directory, to install Grub on an USB
> stick for example, the following lines are executed at the end:
> 
> # If vestiges of GRUB Legacy still exist, tell the Debian packaging that
> # they can ignore them.
> if test -e /boot/grub/stage2 && test -e /boot/grub/menu.lst; then
>     touch /boot/grub/grub2-installed
> fi
> 
> (report-bugs shows version 1.98+20100804-14, but these lines are identical
> in version 1.99~rc1-3)
> 
> If grub-install was started without root privileges, this causes a harmless
> warning.
> 
> If grub-install was started with root privileges, it may cause the
> /boot/grub/grub2-installed file to be created although Grub2 has not
> actually been installed on the system.
> 
> The attached patch probably fixes it. The system information below is
> probably irrelevant for this bug.

Thanks!  I've applied this for my next upload to unstable.

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at debian.org]