grub2/follow-the-symbolic-link-ieee1275.patch

From 9436d0324b98e71c8ab55b09b4248a617cd463a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paulo Flabiano Smorigo <pfsmorigo@br.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 16:22:33 -0200
Subject: [PATCH] Follow the symbolic link (ieee1275)

If the device used is a symlink, the file command must "follow
the link" in order to check the real device.
---
 util/grub-install.in |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/util/grub-install.in b/util/grub-install.in
index 69a97ad..19dc3b4 100644
--- a/util/grub-install.in
+++ b/util/grub-install.in
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ elif [ "${grub_modinfo_target_cpu}-${grub_modinfo_platform}" = "i386-ieee1275" ]
 	       exit 1
         fi
 
-        if [ "$(file -s "${install_device}" -b | awk '{ print $1 }')" = ELF ] || [ x$("${grub_probe}" -m "${device_map}" -d "${install_device}" -t zero_check) = xtrue ]; then
+        if [ "$(file -s -b -L "${install_device}" | awk '{ print $1 }')" = ELF ] || [ x$("${grub_probe}" -m "${device_map}" -d "${install_device}" -t zero_check) = xtrue ]; then
 	        dd if="${grubdir}/${grub_modinfo_target_cpu}-$grub_modinfo_platform/core.${imgext}" of="${install_device}" status=noxfer || {
 	        gettext "Failed to copy Grub to the PReP partition." 1>&2
 	            echo 1>&2
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1.7.10.4