* Handle symlinks such as /dev/disk/by-label/bla. Previously

Grub installation barfed.

svn path=/nixpkgs/trunk/; revision=12877

pkgs/tools/misc/grub/default.nix

@@ -17,16 +17,26 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "12akcbp1a31pxzsxm01scgir0fqkk8qqqwhs44vzgs2chzzigyvd";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Properly handle the case of symlinks such as
+    # /dev/disk/by-label/bla.  The symlink resolution code in
+    # grub-install isn't smart enough.
+    ./symlink.patch
+  ];
+
   # Autoconf/automake required for the splashimage patch.
   buildInputs = [autoconf automake];
 
-  preConfigure = ''
+  prePatch = ''
     unpackFile $gentooPatches
     rm patch/400_all_grub-0.97-reiser4-20050808-gentoo.patch
     for i in patch/*.patch; do
       echo "applying patch $i"
       patch -p1 < $i || patch -p0 < $i
     done
+  '';
+
+  preConfigure = ''
     autoreconf
   '';
 }

pkgs/tools/misc/grub/symlink.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+diff -rc grub-0.97-orig/util/grub-install.in grub-0.97/util/grub-install.in
+*** grub-0.97-orig/util/grub-install.in	2008-09-18 11:32:13.000000000 +0200
+--- grub-0.97/util/grub-install.in	2008-09-18 11:36:40.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 194,217 ****
+  # Usage: resolve_symlink file
+  # Find the real file/device that file points at
+  resolve_symlink () {
+! 	tmp_fname=$1
+! 	# Resolve symlinks
+! 	while test -L $tmp_fname; do
+! 		tmp_new_fname=`ls -al $tmp_fname | sed -n 's%.*-> \(.*\)%\1%p'`
+! 		if test -z "$tmp_new_fname"; then
+! 			echo "Unrecognized ls output" 2>&1
+! 			exit 1
+! 		fi
+! 
+! 		# Convert relative symlinks
+! 		case $tmp_new_fname in
+! 			/*) tmp_fname="$tmp_new_fname"
+! 			;;
+! 			*) tmp_fname="`echo $tmp_fname | sed 's%/[^/]*$%%'`/$tmp_new_fname"
+! 			;;
+! 		esac
+! 	done
+! 	echo "$tmp_fname"
+  }
+  
+  # Usage: find_device file
+--- 194,200 ----
+  # Usage: resolve_symlink file
+  # Find the real file/device that file points at
+  resolve_symlink () {
+! 	readlink -f $1
+  }
+  
+  # Usage: find_device file