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Date:      Tue, 6 Jan 2004 13:30:20 -0800 (PST)
From:      Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
To:        freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ports/60988: PATCH: fix build of grub-0.92
Message-ID:  <200401062130.i06LUKKd029080@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR ports/60988; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
To: Thierry Thomas <thierry@pompo.net>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: ports/60988: PATCH: fix build of grub-0.92
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 13:28:13 -0800 (PST)

 On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Thierry Thomas wrote:
 > Le Mar  6 jan 04 =E0 20:24:29 +0100, Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
 >  =E9crivait=A0:
 > >
 > > >Number:         60988
 > > >Category:       ports
 > > >Synopsis:       PATCH: fix build of grub-0.92
 > > >Confidential:   no
 > > >Severity:       serious
 > > >Priority:       medium
 > > >Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
 > > >State:          open
 > > >Quarter:
 > > >Keywords:
 > > >Date-Required:
 > > >Class:          sw-bug
 > > >Submitter-Id:   current-users
 > > >Arrival-Date:   Tue Jan 06 11:30:15 PST 2004
 > > >Closed-Date:
 > > >Last-Modified:
 > > >Originator:     Nate Lawson
 > > >Release:        FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT i386
 > > >Organization:
 > > FreeBSD
 > > >Environment:
 > > System:
 > >
 > > >Description:
 > > =09grub-0.92 port is broken on 5-CURRENT.  Attached patches below
 > > =09fix the build.  I don't have reiserfs so someone should test it
 > > =09but I believe the patch to it is simple.
 >
 > Note that 0.92 is outdated, 0.93 has been released on 08.12.2002.
 
 I know.  First things first.  Feel free to submit patches for building
 0.93.
 
 > Meanwhile, I think that it should remain marked "broken", because AFAIK
 > it does not support UFS2.
 
 There are plenty of us using UFS1 and 5-CURRENT since we don't need the
 ACLs feature and the root (or /boot) partition is small enough that there
 is no benefit from the larger tables.
 
 Again, the first thing is to get the existing grub-0.92 compiling again,
 then grub-0.93, then UFS2, ...
 
 -Nate



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