Bug 733264

Summary:	sys-boot/grub: grub-mkconfig calls mdadm
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Luca Barbato <lu_zero>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Luca Barbato gentoo-dev

2020-07-20 05:34:39 UTC

grub should have an optional dependency on mdadm since its binary is called in grub-core/osdep/linux/getroot.c

Comment 1 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev

2021-06-20 17:55:09 UTC

It's an optional runtime dependency. If your system is running mdraid, you'll have mdadm installed anyway.