FS#59047 - [grub] cannot be installed on xfs

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Tuomas Lähdekorpi (d9k) - Sunday, 17 June 2018, 19:57 GMT
Last edited by Christian Hesse (eworm) - Monday, 18 June 2018, 06:07 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Ronald van Haren (pressh)
Christian Hesse (eworm)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
GRUB cannot be installed on a XFS filesystem with sparse inodes. Since xfsprogs-4.16 sparse inodes are enabled by default.

Additional info:
grub 2:2.02-5
xfsprogs 4.16.1-1

Steps to reproduce:
# mkfs.xfs -f /dev/loop0p2
# mount /dev/loop0p2 /mnt
# grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/loop0
Installing for i386-pc platform.
grub-install: error: unknown filesystem.

https://src.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/grub2.git/tree/0250-xfs-accept-filesystem-with-sparse-inodes.patch
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Closed by  Christian Hesse (eworm)
Monday, 18 June 2018, 06:07 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  grub 2:2.02-6
Comment by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Sunday, 17 June 2018, 23:18 GMT
  • Field changed: Summary (grub cannot be installed on xfs → [grub] cannot be installed on xfs)
  • Field changed: Status (Unconfirmed → Assigned)
  • Field changed: Severity (Low → Medium)
  • Task assigned to Christian Hesse (eworm), Ronald van Haren (pressh)
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/commit/?id=cda0a857dd7a27cd5d621747464bfe71e8727fff

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