Bug 480768 – sys-boot/grub:2 - grub2-mkconfig should detect an initramfs image named "initramfs-<version>"

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: [OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org

[Description Taahir Ahmed 2013-08-12 18:50:14 UTC]

"initramfs-<version" is one of the initramfs naming schemes that the gentoo Grub2 migration guide (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/grub2-migration.xml) recommends to allow grub2-mkconfig to pick up the image.

However, the grub2 script /etc/grub.d/10_linux only accepts "initramfs-<version>.img", which I think is a copy paste error from the initrd entries (none of the other initramfs options have a trailing ".img").



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. dracut initramfs-<version> <version>
2. grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.conf
3.
Actual Results:  
Initramfs is not detected, and the generated grub.conf doesn't use it.

Expected Results:  
The initramfs should be detected.

I've attached a patch, but it's literally a four-character fix.

[Comment 1 Taahir Ahmed 2013-08-12 18:57:03 UTC]

Created attachment 355800 [details, diff]
A patch for 10_linux to resolve the issue

Changes the initramfs search option "initramfs-${alt-version}.img", which I believe is an error, to "initramfs-${alt-version}".

[Comment 2 Mike Gilbert 2013-08-14 14:07:29 UTC]

This is a problem with the migration guide; we don't need to add yet another permutation to the list of files in 10_linux.

[Comment 3 Mike Gilbert 2013-08-14 14:18:26 UTC]

Created attachment 356002 [details, diff]
grub2 migration patch

[Comment 4 Mike Gilbert 2013-08-14 14:21:08 UTC]

Docs team: Please apply the patch from comment 3 to the grub2 migration guide.

[Comment 5 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2013-08-15 07:53:44 UTC]

Thanks, committed