[Bug 1223959] Re: [Saucy] grub2 2.00-18ubuntu2 fails to install with "grub-probe: error: failed to get canonical path of ."

[Colin Watson]

On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 05:34:53AM -0000, denkin wrote:
> Simple solution:
> 1 . To remove a grub-pc package with dependences
> 2 . To install a grub-pc package

That isn't a solution ...

Just upgrade to 2.00-18ubuntu3, and preferably disable saucy-proposed in
your sources.list so that you don't encounter uploads not yet intended
for human consumption in future.

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Title:
  [Saucy] grub2 2.00-18ubuntu2 fails to install with "grub-probe: error:
  failed to get canonical path of ."

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Today I've received an update in Ubuntu Saucy (64bit) to grub 2
  2.00-18ubuntu2 (currently in proposed) and the upgrade failed with the
  following error: "grub-probe: error: failed to get canonical path of
  ."

  Downgrading to the previous  2.00-18ubuntu1 version fixes this.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: grub2 (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-7.13-generic 3.11.0
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-7-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Sep 11 19:00:01 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-30 (255 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-01-12 (242 days ago)

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