"Yoshinori K. Okuji" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Monday 07 May 2007 22:06, Robert Millan wrote:
>> On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 09:23:08PM +0200, Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote:
>> > On Monday 07 May 2007 10:21, Robert Millan wrote:
>> > > I think it would be reasonable to allow grub-probe to work without
>> > > arguments. Any comments?
>> >
>> > Why do you think so?
>>
>> Because it's commonly invoked while debugging. The uninitiated might have
>> some trouble figuring out the right parameter (specialy if they're not
>> debugging themselves, but providing information for someone else to debug
>> e.g. via BTS).
>
> The right parameter depends on system status. For instance, if you are trying
> to install GRUB from an installer, and a boot partition is mounted at
> somewhere else (e.g. /mnt/boot), it won't work correctly, anyway. I prefer
> that grub-probe gets an argument explicitly, so that the user can at least
> understand that grub-probe probes a certain directory.
I agree on that with Okuji. It'll get messy and difficult to guess if
the calling result is right or not.
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