On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 10:26 PM, James Shewey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Grub does not manage ubuntu or debian's (or any other distribution's) > repositories and has no control over how often these distros recompile and > update these packages. Only their own codebase which is stored in their svn > codebase. Debian'snewest package is a little out of date, and ubuntu's > newest package is _really_ out of date. This means that your patch may have > already installed your patch in the grub2 codebase and by installing fro > your distributon's repository, you wouldn't even know. This means that you > can either a) file a bug report with your distrbution and wait for the > package to propigate (which cold take up to 6 mos for ubuntu for the jaunty > jackalope 9.04 release and even longer for debian, depending. You could > speed this up by running the alpha version of your distro, but this is not > recommended.) or b) break down and install from grub2 svn. Installing from > svn is not very hard. The commands are: > > svn co http://url > Cd grub2 > ./configure > make > sudo make install > > You would need to look up the url for the grub svn though. Also be aware > that grub2 will not compile on a 64 bit system yet. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:grub2$ svn info Path: . URL: svn://svn.sv.gnu.org/grub/trunk/grub2 Repository Root: svn://svn.sv.gnu.org/grub Repository UUID: d0de0278-0dc1-4c01-8a07-af38b3205e46 Revision: 1886 Node Kind: directory Schedule: normal Last Changed Author: robertmh Last Changed Rev: 1886 Last Changed Date: 2008-10-05 20:51:23 +1000 (Sun, 05 Oct 2008) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:grub2$ uname -a Linux beast 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Aug 20 17:53:40 UTC 2008 *x86_64*GNU/Linux Compiles fine for me Cameron > > James > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 2:41 PM > To: grub-devel@gnu.org > Subject: Re: forgot passwd, cannot login, [rd]init=/bin/sh don't work > > Can somebody please integrate my patches? For the parent article and > the "grub-install message should mention --recheck" article. > > I am a mere "apt-get install" user. I fear if I learn your whole > source code system, and finally make an official patch, it too will > fall on deaf ears. > > As I expect I will only have one patch per three years, please > integrate it for me. Thanks. > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel >
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