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efi-less grub install fails

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Message #35 received at 30311 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>, 30311 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus <at> mdc-berlin.de>
Subject: Re: bug#30311: efi-less grub install fails
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 04:46:22 +0100

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Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com> writes:

> Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org> writes:
>
>> Hi Ricardo,
>>
>> Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus <at> mdc-berlin.de> writes:
>>> Okay, I’ve added “--target=i386-pc” to the list of arguments.
>>
>> This change breaks my mips64el-linux GuixSD system, which is supported
>> by GRUB, but where "--target=i386-pc" is obviously not appropriate.  On
>> my system I need a different 'target' setting.
>
> Maybe we can make it conditional on EFI for now.  Ricardo, are you able
> to test the attached patch?  I suspect we might get problems on POWER
> and some ARM systems down the road, but it should at least fix this
> immediate issue.
>
> Note: I haven't tested this patch myself.

Bah, here is a fixed version that actually works (for the normal case).

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