Hi,
The attached patch enables --no-nvram option for EFI targets in
grub-install so that it is possible to prevent grub-install from create a
boot entry using efibootmgr in non-removable EFI installs.
With Best Regards,
Keshav
commit 307c6b4440562245d2adfcc585b4175ef9c61260
Author: Keshav Padram Amburay <the.ridikulus....@gmail.com>
Date: Fri Nov 22 00:26:37 2013 +0530
* util/grub-install.c (update_nvram): Support --no-nvram flag
in EFI targets to prevent grub-install from creating entry using
efibootmgr in non-removable EFI installs
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6d4b5b2..e54674b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2013-11-22 Keshav Padram Amburay <the.ridikulus....@gmail.com>
+
+ * util/grub-install.c (update_nvram): Support --no-nvram flag
+ in EFI targets to prevent grub-install from creating entry using
+ efibootmgr in non-removable EFI installs
+
2013-11-21 Colin Watson <cjwat...@ubuntu.com>
* util/grub-mkrescue.c (main): If a source directory is not
diff --git a/util/grub-install.c b/util/grub-install.c
index 78e9a04..72e8957 100644
--- a/util/grub-install.c
+++ b/util/grub-install.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static struct argp_option options[] = {
"This option is only available on BIOS target."), 2},
{"no-nvram", OPTION_NO_NVRAM, 0, 0,
N_("don't update the `boot-device' NVRAM variable. "
- "This option is only available on IEEE1275 targets."), 2},
+ "This option is only available on EFI and IEEE1275 targets."), 2},
{"skip-fs-probe",'s',0, 0,
N_("do not probe for filesystems in DEVICE"), 0},
{"no-bootsector", OPTION_NO_BOOTSECTOR, 0, 0,
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
grub_install_copy_file (imgfile, dst, 1);
free (dst);
}
- if (!removable)
+ if (!removable && update_nvram)
{
char * efidir_disk;
int efidir_part;
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