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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Grub2 and use-flags
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:04:38
Message-Id: 201006190000.09543.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Grub2 and use-flags by Vaeth
1 On Friday 18 June 2010 19:05:17 Vaeth wrote:
2 > > I'm running grub 2 it seems
3 >
4 > No. You are running grub 0.97-r9 (which is a legacy grub):
5 > Don't be confused by the description in eix:
6 > eix knows only one description per package (not one per version),
7 > and it takes this description from the version with the highest
8 > version number (which is grub 2).
9 >
10 > > [I] sys-boot/grub
11 > >
12 > > Available versions: 0.92-r1 0.94-r1 0.96-r1 0.96-r2 ~0.96-r3
13 > > ~0.97
14 > >
15 > > 0.97-r2 0.97-r3 0.97-r4 0.97-r5 0.97-r6 ~0.97-r8 0.97-r9 **1.98
16 > > **9999 {custom-cflags debug multislot ncurses netboot static
17 > > truetype}
18 > >
19 > > Installed versions: 0.97-r9(06:16:18 AM 03/03/2010)(ncurses
20 > >
21 > > -custom-cflags -netboot -static)
22 > >
23 > > Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
24 > > Description: GNU GRUB 2 boot loader
25
26 I'm puzzled. This is a reply to the OP, but you've cast it as a reply to
27 me. Why?
28
29 --
30 Rgds
31 Peter.

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[gentoo-user] Re: Grub2 and use-flags walt <w41ter@×××××.com>