Debian Bug report logs - #511121
grub legacy does not support ext4

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@ubuntu.com>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: grub does not support ext4

Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:04:43 +0000

Package: grub
Version: 0.97-27etch1
Severity: normal


Grub does not support ext4 filesystems.

A patch for grub based on the patch from Quentin Godfroy is posted at:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+bug/314350/comments/1

which refers to the diff at:

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20944879/grub_ext4.diff

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-686
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages grub depends on:
ii  libc6                  2.3.6.ds1-13etch8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libncurses5            5.5-5             Shared libraries for terminal hand

grub recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

Message #10 received at 511121@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>

To: Colin Ian King <colin.king@ubuntu.com>, 511121@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#511121: grub does not support ext4

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 23:03:25 +0200

retitle 511121 grub legacy does not support ext4
tags 511121 wontfix
thanks

Hi,

On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 04:04:43PM +0000, Colin Ian King wrote:
> Package: grub
> Version: 0.97-27etch1
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> Grub does not support ext4 filesystems.

It does (grub-pc package).

-- 
Robert Millan

  The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
  how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
  still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."

Message #17 received at 511121@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>

To: Colin Ian King <colin.king@ubuntu.com>, 511121@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#511121: grub does not support ext4

Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:06:20 +0200

On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 11:03:25PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> retitle 511121 grub legacy does not support ext4
> tags 511121 wontfix
> thanks
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 04:04:43PM +0000, Colin Ian King wrote:
> > Package: grub
> > Version: 0.97-27etch1
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > 
> > Grub does not support ext4 filesystems.
> 
> It does (grub-pc package).

Hum, I'm sorry I think I was a bit rude.  Let's try something better:

 a- If you're a user and need ext4 support, just install grub-pc

 b- If you're working on D-I, or an installer in general, and want to
    enable ext4 as an option, make it install grub-pc like we do for
    gpt.

 c- If you want to make ext4 the default, then I expect we'll finish the
    2 or 3 things that are missing in grub-pc before it can become default,
    too.

If your situation is C I'm willing to talk about your timeline and when you
expect us to be ready for the migration.  Feel free to catch me on IRC for a
better/faster response.

-- 
Robert Millan

  The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
  how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
  still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."

Message #22 received at 511121@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>

To: 511121@bugs.debian.org

Subject: ext4

Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 15:55:26 +0200

Hi,

After discussing this on IRC, I think it might be reasonable to support
ext4 in GRUB Legacy, as a fallback option for those who can't use GRUB 2
yet for some reason.

Keep in mind upstream isn't going to support _any_ changes in GRUB
Legacy at all, so supporting them is costly for us.  It must not be
done carelessly.

IMO, the key question here is whether Squeeze is going to use ext4 by
default or not.

Once a proper discussion on that is held, and there is consensus, please
let us know about the result.

Thanks

-- 
Robert Millan

  The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
  how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
  still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."

Message #27 received at 511121@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Felix Zielcke <fzielcke@z-51.de>

To: Colin Ian King <colin.king@ubuntu.com>, 511121@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#511121: grub does not support ext4

Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:47:40 +0200

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

Am Mittwoch, den 07.01.2009, 16:04 +0000 schrieb Colin Ian King:
> Package: grub
> Version: 0.97-27etch1
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> Grub does not support ext4 filesystems.
> 
> A patch for grub based on the patch from Quentin Godfroy is posted at:
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+bug/314350/comments/1
> 
> which refers to the diff at:
> 
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20944879/grub_ext4.diff
> 

Interdiff shows that the patch you linked above and the one that is
actually in the recent Ubuntu grub is different.
So I attached it now here, so that it's easier for Robert to look at
it ;)
And also the ext4_fix_variable_sized_inodes.diff recently added in
Ubuntu.
-- 
Felix Zielcke

[ext4_fix_variable_sized_inodes.diff (text/x-patch, attachment)]

[ext4_support.diff (text/x-patch, attachment)]

Message #32 received at 511121@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Valentin Pavlyuchenko <thevalik@gmail.com>

To: 511121@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Need it

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:30:19 +0300

Hi,

Actually I'm the one who needs ext4 support in grub-legacy. The reason
is that grub2 doesn't support booting from fakeRAID, so I need to use
grub-legacy.

--
Best regards,
Valentin Pavlyuchenko

Message #37 received at 511121@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Simon Vallet <svallet@gmail.com>

To: 511121@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Yup

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:00:04 +0200

Hi,

I happen to also need ext4 support -- currently booting off lilo :-|

Regards,
Simon

Message #44 received at 511121-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>

To: 511121-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#511121: fixed in grub 0.97-74

Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:56:43 +0000

Source: grub
Source-Version: 0.97-74

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
grub, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 511121@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> (supplier of updated grub package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 15:27:17 +0100
Source: grub
Binary: grub-legacy grub-disk grub-doc grub-legacy-doc multiboot-doc
Architecture: source
Version: 0.97-74
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers <pkg-grub-devel@alioth-lists.debian.net>
Changed-By: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Description:
 grub-disk  - GRUB bootable disk image (dummy package)
 grub-doc   - Documentation for GRand Unified Bootloader (dummy package)
 grub-legacy - GRand Unified Bootloader (Legacy version)
 grub-legacy-doc - Documentation for GRUB Legacy
 multiboot-doc - The Multiboot specification (dummy package)
Closes: 511121 848166 898553
Changes:
 grub (0.97-74) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Fix segfault when compiled with GCC 7 (thanks, Bernhard Übelacker;
     closes: #898553).
   * Add ext4 support (thanks, Quentin Godfroy and Colin Ian King; closes:
     #511121).
   * Mark all binary packages as Multi-Arch: foreign.
   * Build without ncurses support on amd64, since the multilib packages are
     likely to go away (closes: #848166).
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