FS#29037 - [grub2-common] 10_linux script assumes that systemd is mandatory.

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by vyncere (vyncere) - Wednesday, 21 March 2012, 15:12 GMT
Last edited by Ronald van Haren (pressh) - Thursday, 29 March 2012, 18:35 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Ronald van Haren (pressh)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 8
Private No

Details

Description:

/etc/grub.d/10_linux script assumes that extra/systemd (which provides /etc/os-release file) is necessary installed.

--> When generating Grub Configuration, 10_linux script complains that :

grep: /etc/os-release: No such file or directory

Not critical, just annoying.






Additional info:
* package version(s)
* config and/or log files etc.


extra/grub2-common 1:2.00beta2-2





Steps to reproduce:

1) On an system without systemd, invoke grub-mkconfig to a file.

grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

2) See the ugly output :

Generating grub.cfg ...
Found background: /boot/grub/wallpapers/ArchLinux_1280x800.png
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux
grep: /etc/os-release: No such file or directory
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
grep: /etc/os-release: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/os-release: No such file or directory
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-custom
grep: /etc/os-release: No such file or directory
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-custom.img
grep: /etc/os-release: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/os-release: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/os-release: No such file or directory
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+/memtest.bin
done
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Closed by  Ronald van Haren (pressh)
Thursday, 29 March 2012, 18:35 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  2.00beta2-3
Comment by Tilman Blumenbach (Tblue) - Wednesday, 21 March 2012, 15:49 GMT
This also leads to the fallback initramfs image being ignored completely. Why not just check for the existence of /etc/arch-release? That file belongs to the filesystem package and should exist on every Arch Linux system, right?
Comment by Keshav Amburay (the.ridikulus.rat) - Thursday, 22 March 2012, 14:45 GMT
Isn't /etc/os-release supposed to replace /etc/arch-release? WHy is it not a part of filesystem package. IMO /etc/arch-release should be done away with, or made a symlink to /etc/os-release.
Comment by Keshav Amburay (the.ridikulus.rat) - Thursday, 22 March 2012, 14:57 GMT
I have filed https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/29057 requesting os-release be a part of filesystem package instead of systemd, and /etc/arch-release to be done away with.
Comment by Simone (junki.gnu) - Thursday, 22 March 2012, 17:26 GMT
BTW, systemd already includes /etc/os-release for Archlinux. It is just a copy&paste.
Comment by Keshav Amburay (the.ridikulus.rat) - Friday, 23 March 2012, 13:24 GMT
Fixed patch attached. Sorry for the mistake. When I wrote the patch I assumed /etc/os-release is present in all Arch systems (I didn't think of systemd at all).
   archlinux_grub_mkconfig_fixes... (4.7 KiB)

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