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diff --git a/sys-apps/grub/files/grub-0.92/grub-0.90-addsyncs.patch b/sys-apps/grub/files/grub-0.92/grub-0.90-addsyncs.patch deleted file mode 100644 index 4c53344a3cbe..000000000000 --- a/sys-apps/grub/files/grub-0.92/grub-0.90-addsyncs.patch +++ /dev/null @@ -1,57 +0,0 @@ - -I just found another semi-critical bug, whose fix should really get -into 0.91. - -It turns out that "grub-install" doesn't have any "sync" calls to make -sure any filesystem caches are coherent with the raw devices they are -on top of... so if your filesystem waits to write out any data from the -copy command in the script to put the "stage1" and "stage2" in their -final location, you're hosed. - -I found this because it just bit me on one of my systems running stock -RedHat 7.2 with a large "stage2". - -The only script that is patched here is "grub-install". The others -don't appear to need it as they either unmount things first or don't -refer to devices. - -Hmm. Maybe the right fix is to make the "sync" system call when -starting the GRUB shell with a device map that refers to any real disks -or something like that. - -------------------------(start patch)----------------------- ---- grub.orig/util/grub-install.in Mon Oct 22 16:46:07 2001 -+++ grub/util/grub-install.in Sat Oct 27 13:06:33 2001 -@@ -244,6 +244,10 @@ - # Create a safe temporary file. - test -x /bin/tempfile && log_file=`tempfile --prefix=grub` - -+ # Before all invocations of the grub shell, call sync to make sure -+ # the raw device is in sync with any bufferring in filesystems. -+ sync -+ - $grub_shell --batch --device-map=$device_map <<EOF >$log_file - quit - EOF -@@ -318,6 +322,10 @@ - # Create a safe temporary file. - test -x /bin/tempfile && log_file=`tempfile --prefix=grub` - -+# Before all invocations of the grub shell, call sync to make sure -+# the raw device is in sync with any bufferring in filesystems. -+sync -+ - # Now perform the installation. - $grub_shell --batch --device-map=$device_map <<EOF >$log_file - root $root_drive -------------------------(end patch)----------------------- - --- - Erich Stefan Boleyn <erich@uruk.org> http://www.uruk.org/ -"Reality is truly stranger than fiction; Probably why fiction is so popular" - -_______________________________________________ -Bug-grub mailing list -Bug-grub@gnu.org -http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub - |