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From: Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Grub2 and use-flags
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:04:44
Message-Id: AANLkTikkVowCF2MztRVWx4KtLP2P82HpzYadK15sVJpG@mail.gmail.com
1 I'm running grub 2 it seems. I don't know when that started, or what
2 difference it makes compared to legacy grub. I guess I don't need to know.
3 But a recent post had me looking at use-flags, and I was a bit surprised to
4 find (ncurses -static). If this refers to the part of grub that I run when
5 setting up or tweaking while Linux is already running, I guess that's
6 sensible. But does it have any effect on the boot sequence (because both of
7 those would strike me as badly broken).
8
9 I also wonder what -custom-cflags would be used for, and I don't get any
10 sensible answer from flagedit(1).
11
12 Just an inquiring mind...
13
14 [I] sys-boot/grub
15 Available versions: 0.92-r1 0.94-r1 0.96-r1 0.96-r2 ~0.96-r3 ~0.97
16 0.97-r2 0.97-r3 0.97-r4 0.97-r5 0.97-r6 ~0.97-r8 0.97-r9 **1.98 **9999
17 {custom-cflags debug multislot ncurses netboot static truetype}
18 Installed versions: 0.97-r9(06:16:18 AM 03/03/2010)(ncurses
19 -custom-cflags -netboot -static)
20 Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
21 Description: GNU GRUB 2 boot loader
22
23 --
24 Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Grub2 and use-flags Bill Longman <bill.longman@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Grub2 and use-flags Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××××.org>