[bug #49942] EFI: grub-install may fail if /boot/efi is managed by autofs

[felix]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49942>

                 Summary: EFI: grub-install may fail if /boot/efi is managed
by autofs
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: felix_s
            Submitted on: Wed 28 Dec 2016 12:02:20 AM GMT
                Category: Installation
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Software Error
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 
                 Release: Git master
         Reproducibility: None
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

On my system, I have systemd managing my mount points using autofs. If by the
time I run grub-install the /boot/efi partition hasn't been properly mounted,
the installer may fail with the following quite cryptic message, which even
the --verbose flag doesn't clear up:


# grub-install --verbose --target=x86_64-efi
Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
grub-install: info: cannot open `/boot/grub/device.map': No such file or
directory.
grub-install: error: failed to get canonical path of `systemd-1'.






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