On Friday 11 May 2007 18:21, Robert Millan wrote:
> On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 06:11:34PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> > One thing that I'm not sure about is the CLI inconsistency. Perhaps it
> > shouldn't take the directory as a standalone parameter, and instead use
> > --root-directory?
>
> Or perhaps it should do like powerpc and check that /boot/grub is a mount
> point?
>
> # Find the partition at the right mount point.
> install_device=`awk '$2 == '"\"$grubdir\""' { print $1 }' < /proc/mounts`
> if test "x$install_device" = x; then
> echo "$grubdir must be a mount point."
> exit 1
> fi
It is a bad idea to use /proc, at least without checking the operating system.
This makes the script unportable among host operating systems.
Okuji
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