A patch has been supplied for these issues Reproducible: Always
emerge --info Portage 2.1.4.4 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.3.1, glibc-2.7-r2, 2.6.25-gentoo-r6 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.25-gentoo-r6 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ Timestamp of tree: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:18:01 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [disabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p33 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.6 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r13 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r2 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.25-r4 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe " CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/lib/fax /usr/share/config /var/bind /var/lib/hsqldb /var/spool/fax/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe " DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://de-mirror.org/distro/gentoo/ " LANG="de_DE.UTF8" LC_ALL="de_DE.UTF8" LINGUAS="de" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/Storage-B/Portage_tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local/local-overlay" SYNC="rsync://rsync.de.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl acpi alsa amd64 apache2 arts avahi bash-completion berkdb cairo cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus doc dri dvb dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd evo examples fam fax firefox foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gimp gimpprint gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk hal hbci hvm iconv ioemu ipv6 isdnlog java jce jpeg kbanking kde kerberos kvm ldap libvirt libwww lirc mad maildir mailwrapper mbox midi mikmod mmx mp3 mpeg mudflap mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ogg opengl openmp oss pam pcre pdf perl php png ppds pppd python qt qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime readline reflection samba scanner screen sdl server session snmp spell spl sse sse2 ssl svg tcpd tiff truetype unicode usb utempter v4l v4l2 vim-syntax vorbis xml xorg xv zlib zvbi" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic auth_digest authn_anon authn_dbd authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_http rewrite setenvif so speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" FRITZCAPI_CARDS="fcpci" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="de" MISDN_CARDS="avmfritz" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nv nvidia" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
I just wanted to point to this issue, but happily leaving it to the Gentoo GRUB experts to judge ... To me, the following quick experiment raised some doubt about this "GRUB bug" thesis: USB stick with layout "3x primary | extended | 2x logical", each ext2, GRUB installed on each of them; menues like this: default 0 title=b5 --> b1 rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader --force (hd0,0)+1 title=b5 --> b2 rootnoverify (hd0,1) chainloader --force (hd0,1)+1 title=b5 --> b3 rootnoverify (hd0,2) chainloader --force (hd0,2)+1 title=b5 --> b5 rootnoverify (hd0,4) chainloader --force (hd0,4)+1 title=b5 --> b6 rootnoverify (hd0,5) chainloader --force (hd0,5)+1 With this, I can merrily "chainload-toggle" through all of the 5 partitions ad libitum, including the logicals ;) $ emerge -s grub ... * sys-boot/grub Latest version available: 0.97-r5 Latest version installed: 0.97-r5
I'm not sure about it. Get upstream to comment themselves on it, then I may include it.
An even _much_ simpler patch suggestion: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=5142693#5142693 "Get upstrem comment" is a bit tricky, because GRUB-legacy (=0.9x) is unmaintained, as well known ...
Manfred: you linked to a GRUB2 patch here, and wormo provided the grub1 version in the linked bug 230905. If upstream accepts the grub2 version, I can see by extension that the grub1 version introduces identical functionality, so I'll include the grub1 version when they include the grub2 version in grub2.
(In reply to comment #5) > Manfred: you linked to a GRUB2 patch here, and wormo provided the grub1 version > in the linked bug 230905. Thanks! > If upstream accepts the grub2 version, I can see by extension that the grub1 > version introduces identical functionality, so I'll include the grub1 version > when they include the grub2 version in grub2. Sounds very sensible. Thanks for taking care of this! Kind regards Manfred
Did upstream include the grub2 patch, somebody please find out and report back on this bug.
Since the patch is in bug 230905, I'm closing this bug, but somebody still needs to response to me if upstream accepted the grub2 patch. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 230905 ***
