Source: grub-legacy Version: 0.97-67 Severity: normal Tag: patch Dear Maintainer,
It'd be convenient to place grub-install's temporary files in $TMPDIR when set. Right now they are placed in /tmp, which on a typical install is on the same partition as /; hence if for some reason / is mounted in read-only mode, it's not possible to (re)install the boot-loader. -- Guilhem.
--- a/grub-install.in
+++ b/grub-install.in
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
grub_shell=${sbindir}/grub
grub_set_default=${sbindir}/grub-set-default
-log_file=/tmp/grub-install.log.$$
-img_file=/tmp/grub-install.img.$$
+log_file="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/grub-install.log.$$"
+img_file="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/tmp/grub-install.img.$$"
rootdir=
grub_prefix=/boot/grub
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
mklog="/bin/tempfile --prefix=grub"
mkimg="/bin/tempfile --prefix=grub"
elif test -x /bin/mktemp; then
- mklog="/bin/mktemp /tmp/grub-install.log.XXXXXX"
- mkimg="/bin/mktemp /tmp/grub-install.img.XXXXXX"
+ mklog="/bin/mktemp --tmdir grub-install.log.XXXXXX"
+ mkimg="/bin/mktemp --tmdir grub-install.img.XXXXXX"
else
mklog=""
mkimg=""
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