#30311 - efi-less grub install fails

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From: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>, 30311@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30311: efi-less grub install fails
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Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> writes:

> Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> writes:
>
>> Hi Ricardo,
>>
>> Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de> writes:
>>> Okay, I’ve added “--target=i386-pc” to the list of arguments.
>>
>> This change breaks my mips64el-linux GuixSD system, which is supported
>> by GRUB, but where "--target=i386-pc" is obviously not appropriate.  On
>> my system I need a different 'target' setting.
>
> Maybe we can make it conditional on EFI for now.  Ricardo, are you able
> to test the attached patch?  I suspect we might get problems on POWER
> and some ARM systems down the road, but it should at least fix this
> immediate issue.
>
> Note: I haven't tested this patch myself.

Bah, here is a fixed version that actually works (for the normal case).

[0001-gnu-Pass-target-to-EFI-less-GRUB-only-when-EFI-varia.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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#30311 efi-less grub install fails