Bug 336852 – grub 0.97-r10 ebuild ewarn message contains bad URL...

• Status: RESOLVED INVALID
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description [e-mail] 2010-09-11 18:30:26 UTC]

The post-install ewarn message contains:

                ewarn "*** IMPORTANT NOTE: you must run grub and install"
                ewarn "the new version's stage1 to your MBR.  Until you do,"
                ewarn "stage1 and stage2 will still be the old version, but"
                ewarn "later stages will be the new version, which could"
                ewarn "cause problems such as an unbootable system."
                ewarn "This means you must use either grub-install or perform"
                ewarn "root/setup manually! For more help, see the handbook:"
                ewarn "http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-${ARCH}.xml?part=1&chap=10#grub-install-auto"

But the Handbook link returns a 404 error...


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

[Comment 1 [e-mail] 2010-09-11 18:31:24 UTC]

Oh, crap - should have noted this is the latest stable ebuild:

0.97-r10

[Comment 2 Agostino Sarubbo 2010-09-11 23:18:22 UTC]

(In reply to comment #0)
> The post-install ewarn message contains:
> 
>                 ewarn "*** IMPORTANT NOTE: you must run grub and install"
>                 ewarn "the new version's stage1 to your MBR.  Until you do,"
>                 ewarn "stage1 and stage2 will still be the old version, but"
>                 ewarn "later stages will be the new version, which could"
>                 ewarn "cause problems such as an unbootable system."
>                 ewarn "This means you must use either grub-install or perform"
>                 ewarn "root/setup manually! For more help, see the handbook:"
>                 ewarn
> "http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-${ARCH}.xml?part=1&chap=10#grub-install-auto"
> 
> But the Handbook link returns a 404 error...
> 
> 
> Reproducible: Always
> 
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 

The link is correct, replace ${ARCH} with you arch, example:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10#grub-install-auto"

:)

[Comment 3 [e-mail] 2010-09-12 16:53:07 UTC]

(In reply to comment #2)
> The link is correct, replace ${ARCH} with you arch, example:
> 
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10#grub-
> install-auto"
> 
> :)

Then maybe a tiny little note to that effect should be included, as that was totally non-obvious, to me at least.

:)

[Comment 4 Agostino Sarubbo 2010-09-12 17:08:11 UTC]

(In reply to comment #3)
> 
> Then maybe a tiny little note to that effect should be included, as that was
> totally non-obvious, to me at least.
> 
> :)
> 

Usually the links where there is $(ARCH) should be replaced since the browser can't do it

[Comment 5 [e-mail] 2010-09-12 17:27:09 UTC]

I understand, and I guess in hindsight it should have been obvious...

Oh well, no biggie... thanks...