Re: [RFC] Second attempt at kernel secure boot support

From: Matthew Garrett
Date: Mon Nov 05 2012 - 22:12:42 EST


On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 06:46:32PM -0800, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 11:16:12AM -0800, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> >> Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >> > No, in the general case the system will do that once it fails to find a
> >> > bootable OS on the drive.
> >>
> >> In the general case there will be a bootable OS on the drive.
> >
> > That's in no way a given.
>
> You have it backwards. The conclusion here is that having a case where
> a non-interactive install is possible is not a given.

I deal with customers who perform non-interactive installs. The fact
that you don't care about that use case is entirely irrelevant to me,
because you're not the person that I am obliged to satisfy.

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