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From:	Jaco Kroon <jaco@××××××.za>
To:	Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
Cc:	gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH v4] mount-boot.eclass: Check if /boot is sane, but don't try to mount it.
Date:	Mon, 09 Dec 2019 12:28:35
Message-Id:	`23dbe3d6-2c0c-7b73-0ceb-7ffe06f67a7d@uls.co.za`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH v4] mount-boot.eclass: Check if /boot is sane, but don't try to mount it. by Ulrich Mueller

1	Hi,
2
3	>> What about just checking "${EROOT}/boot" instead?
4	> For what, existence? There may well be a "boot" directory present under
5	> EROOT. (And we could check ${EROOT}/etc/fstab, but I don't think we
6	> should open that can of worms. There's no reliable way to guess the
7	> user's exact configuration for non-trivial ROOT.)
8
9	I was hoping there is a somewhat reliable way ... but if not I guess as
10	is will be the best we can do.
11
12	IMHO: Ship it.
13
14	Even if there is issues still, the new state will be better than current.
15
16	Kind Regards,
17	Jaco