nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/misc/grub/1.98.nix
Lluís Batlle i Rossell 240801542a Restoring grub 1.98 from svn, and adding it as a package apart. This allows
easy using package overrides in nixos to use grub 1.98.

I found 1.98 can boot from /dev/md* devices, while 1.99rc1 cannot due to some
upstream problem. Once it works, we can remove this 1.98 again.


svn path=/nixpkgs/trunk/; revision=26761
2011-04-09 09:25:06 +00:00

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{ fetchurl, stdenv, bison, gettext, ncurses, libusb, freetype, qemu }:
let unifont_bdf = fetchurl {
url = "http://unifoundry.com/unifont-5.1.20080820.bdf.gz";
sha256 = "0s0qfff6n6282q28nwwblp5x295zd6n71kl43xj40vgvdqxv0fxx";
};
in
stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
name = "grub-1.98";
src = fetchurl {
url = "ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/grub/${name}.tar.gz";
sha256 = "05660x82y2rwrzm0d1c4z07fbh02qwmacsmbbav6fa855s4w3wmy";
};
buildInputs = [ bison ncurses libusb freetype gettext ]
++ stdenv.lib.optional doCheck qemu;
preConfigure =
'' for i in "tests/util/"*.in
do
sed -i "$i" -e's|/bin/bash|/bin/sh|g'
done
# Apparently, the QEMU executable is no longer called
# `qemu-system-i386', even on i386.
#
# In addition, use `-nodefaults' to avoid errors like:
#
# chardev: opening backend "stdio" failed
# qemu: could not open serial device 'stdio': Invalid argument
#
# See <http://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg22775.html>.
sed -i "tests/util/grub-shell.in" \
-e's/qemu-system-i386/qemu-system-x86_64 -nodefaults/g'
'';
patches =
[ # The udev rules for LVM create symlinks in /dev/mapper rathe
# than device nodes, causing GRUB to fail to recognize LVM
# volumes. See
# http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=550704
# This ugly workaround makes `find_root_device' use stat() on
# files in /dev/mapper instead of lstat().
./device-mapper-symlinks.patch
];
postPatch =
'' gunzip < "${unifont_bdf}" > "unifont.bdf"
sed -i "configure" \
-e "s|/usr/src/unifont.bdf|$PWD/unifont.bdf|g"
'';
doCheck = true;
meta = {
description = "GNU GRUB, the Grand Unified Boot Loader (2.x alpha)";
longDescription =
'' GNU GRUB is a Multiboot boot loader. It was derived from GRUB, GRand
Unified Bootloader, which was originally designed and implemented by
Erich Stefan Boleyn.
Briefly, the boot loader is the first software program that runs when a
computer starts. It is responsible for loading and transferring
control to the operating system kernel software (such as the Hurd or
the Linux). The kernel, in turn, initializes the rest of the
operating system (e.g., GNU).
'';
homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/;
license = "GPLv3+";
maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo ];
platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.gnu;
};
}