540878 – Grub doesn't build for x86_64 w/o GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-64"

Bug 540878 - Grub doesn't build for x86_64 w/o GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-64"

Summary: Grub doesn't build for x86_64 w/o GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-64"

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	[OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Installation Handbook (show other bugs)
Hardware:	AMD64 Linux

Importance:	Normal major (vote)
Assignee:	Docs Team

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Reported:	2015-02-21 08:16 UTC by Rainer Herrendoerfer
Modified:	2015-12-09 05:42 UTC (History)
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Description Rainer Herrendoerfer 2015-02-21 08:16:07 UTC

Installation on an amd64 EFI-system following the instruction in the handbook

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Full/Installation

grub will emerge for x86 and thus moaning about missing /usr/lib/x86_64-efi directory when running grub2-install.
The solution is already provided in the grub2 wiki:

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GRUB2

You have to set GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-64" in the /etc/portage/make.conf.
Could you please include that information in the installation handbook.

Comment 1 Matthew Marchese Gentoo Infrastructure

2015-12-09 05:42:10 UTC

Grknight added information to the Handbook that resolved this bug before me, however I further addressed the issue by adding some more clarity to the EFI install section of the AMD64 Handbook.

Grknight's changes can be viewed here:

https://wiki.gentoo.org/index.php?diff=361816&oldid=197230

My changes can be viewed here:

http://wiki.gentoo.org/index.php?diff=409446&oldid=409444