[bug #31629] update-grub doesn't work with multiple entries in GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT

[Vit Zikmund]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?31629>

                 Summary: update-grub doesn't work with multiple entries in
GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: tlwhitec
            Submitted on: Fri 12 Nov 2010 04:24:57 PM 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: 1.98
         Reproducibility: Every Time
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

GRUB manual states, that multiple devices can be selected for
GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT, separated by spaces.

However, using *GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="console serial"* in */etc/default/grub*
makes the *grub-mkconfig* exit with error.

>From a quick look into the code, it is apparent, that the script relies on a
fact, that there is only a _single_ device in this definition. That clashes
with the manual and even with GRUB itself.

By an obvious and simple hack in the case statement, I was able to satisfy my
needs, but that's far from a general solution.


This "single-device" approach made it also to the rule
*/etc/grub.d/00_header* which I managed to fix quite nicely, so I dare to
attach a patch.



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File Attachments:


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Date: Fri 12 Nov 2010 04:24:57 PM GMT  Name: 00_header.patch  Size: 444B  
By: tlwhitec

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=21991>

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