When I try to emerge the latest grub it succeeds but the Unrecognized option bothers me. >>> /sbin/grub >>> /sbin/grub-install >>> /sbin/grub-md5-crypt >>> /sbin/grub-terminfo --- /bin/ >>> /bin/mbchk --- /boot/ --- /boot/grub/ >>> /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz >>> /boot/grub/grub.conf.sample Unrecognized option `--just-copy' Usage: grub-install [OPTION] install_device Install GRUB on your drive. -h, --help print this message and exit -v, --version print the version information and exit --root-directory=DIR install GRUB images under the directory DIR instead of the root directory --grub-shell=FILE use FILE as the grub shell --no-floppy do not probe any floppy drive --force-lba force GRUB to use LBA mode even for a buggy BIOS --recheck probe a device map even if it already exists INSTALL_DEVICE can be a GRUB device name or a system device filename. Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>. cp: omitting directory `/usr/lib/grub/grub' >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge grub 2. scroll up to the last steps of the ebuild 3. think 'is it a smart move to reboot' :) Actual Results: syntax error in ebuild or use of deprecated option or use of unknown option causes an error but doesnt stop the ebuild Expected Results: no problems nemo root # emerge info Portage 2.0.50_pre20 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.3_pre20040117-r0, 2.6.1-mm5) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.1-mm5 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.12 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.7.8 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -mmmx -m3dnow -msse" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -mmmx -m3dnow -msse" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distcc fixpackages sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/gentoo/ http://gentoo.linux.no/ http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/ " MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X aalib acpi acpi4linux alsa avi crypt dga dvd encode faad gif gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 java jpeg kde lcms mad mikmod mmx motif mpeg ncurses nptl oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl pic png python qt qtmt quicktime readline sdl spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tiff truetype wmf x86 xinerama xml xml2 xmms xv xvid"
I ignored the error when I saw it, but then I was curious to see what would happen if I removed grub, emptied /boot/grub and tried to install this version. Then, not everything was put in /boot/grub... whereas before I had: e2fs_stage1_5 fat_stage1_5 ffs_stage1_5 grub.conf grub.conf.sample jfs_stage1_5 menu.lst minix_stage1_5 nbgrub pxegrub reiserfs_stage1_5 splash.xpm.gz stage1 stage2 stage2.netboot vstafs_stage1_5 xfs_stage1_5 Now I had: grub.conf grub.conf.sample menu.lst nbgrub pxegrub splash.xpm.gz stage2 stage2.netboot I couldn't run grub then (cannot find stage1 after doing "setup (hd0)"), and I doubt I would have been able to boot my system. So I did "cp /usr/lib/grub/grub/i386-pc/* /boot/grub/" and everything was nice again. Perhaps the ebuild needs to be altered to do this, now that grub-install seems to have changed.
*** Bug 39478 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 39504 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
The same happens with grub-0.93.20031222
still an issue with grub 0.94 ?
nope solved
cool :)
