From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp2 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id gNbOEf724V86EwAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Tue, 22 Dec 2020 13:39:10 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp2 with LMTPS id eAqnDf724V9RFwAAB5/wlQ (envelope-from ) for ; Tue, 22 Dec 2020 13:39:10 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 715499401C0 for ; Tue, 22 Dec 2020 13:39:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:47012 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1krhsa-0004Um-A6 for larch@yhetil.org; Tue, 22 Dec 2020 08:39:08 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41814) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1krhsU-0004UV-EW for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Dec 2020 08:39:02 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:37690) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1krhsU-0007k0-7B for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Dec 2020 08:39:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1krhsU-0004iF-5Q for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Dec 2020 08:39:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: [bug#45225] [PATCH] gnu: grub: Fix unicode font loading when booting over TFTP. Resent-From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: guix-patches@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2020 13:39:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 45225 X-GNU-PR-Package: guix-patches X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch To: Stefan Received: via spool by 45225-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B45225.160864431318071 (code B ref 45225); Tue, 22 Dec 2020 13:39:02 +0000 Received: (at 45225) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Dec 2020 13:38:33 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49236 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1krhs1-0004hO-8J for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 22 Dec 2020 08:38:33 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:48580) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1krhrz-0004h9-7a for 45225@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 22 Dec 2020 08:38:31 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:58422) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1krhrr-0007XB-50; Tue, 22 Dec 2020 08:38:23 -0500 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=43828 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1krhro-00066f-1v; Tue, 22 Dec 2020 08:38:21 -0500 From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= References: <5BC2CE26-5F2D-4250-A9E5-D04BB85DD942@vodafonemail.de> <87blen6wmy.fsf@gnu.org> <4043C397-47B2-4DA5-B873-86DABE169ED0@vodafonemail.de> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 2 =?UTF-8?Q?Niv=C3=B4se?= an 229 de la =?UTF-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2020 14:38:18 +0100 In-Reply-To: <4043C397-47B2-4DA5-B873-86DABE169ED0@vodafonemail.de> (Stefan's message of "Mon, 21 Dec 2020 18:03:22 +0100") Message-ID: <877dpa2c6t.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: guix-patches@gnu.org List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: 45225@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -2.82 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gnu.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-patches-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-patches-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 715499401C0 X-Spam-Score: -2.82 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn0.migadu.com X-TUID: WpiS04kJPFLM Hi Stefan, Stefan skribis: > Due to this, there is somewhere a /volume/systems/guix-system/gnu/store/= =E2=80=A6-bootloader-profile/share/grub/unicode.pf2, which is an *absolute*= symlink to /gnu/store/=E2=80=A6-grub-efi-2.04/share/grub/unicode.pf2.=20 > > The generated grub.cfg now normally refers to /gnu/store/=E2=80=A6-bootlo= ader-profile/share/grub/unicode.pf2. > > When GRUB tries to load gnu/store/=E2=80=A6-bootloader-profile/share/grub= /unicode.pf2 via TFTP, due to a profile prepared *relative* symlink at /vol= ume/systems/guix-system/boot/gnu/store to the real store location at ../..g= nu/store/guix-system/gnu/store/ the TFTP server is able to access gnu/store= /=E2=80=A6-bootloader-profile/share/grub/unicode.pf2. > > And there is the problem: That /gnu/store/=E2=80=A6-bootloader-profile/sh= are/grub/unicode.pf2 is an *absolute* symlink with no meaning to the TFTP s= erver, so loading the font fails. > > Simply speaking: Files for booting via TFTP must not be *absolute* symlin= ks. It=E2=80=99s possible to create profiles that use relative symlinks: (profile-derivation =E2=80=A6 #:relative-symlinks? #t) or, for the declarative counterpart: (profile (content =E2=80=A6) (relative-symlinks? #t)) Would that solve your problem? BTW, I don=E2=80=99t see =E2=80=9Cbootloader-profile=E2=80=9D in =E2=80=98m= aster=E2=80=99; is it on a branch? Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.