added new function to resolve_symlink to grub-install.in

moved code from find_device to this function
install_device is now run through the new function

util/grub-install.in

@@ -181,6 +181,29 @@ convert () {
     fi
 }
 
+# Usage: resolve_symlink file
+# Find the real file/device that file points at
+resolve_symlink () {
+	tmp_fname=$1
+	# Resolve symlinks
+	while test -L $tmp_fname; do
+		tmp_new_fname=`ls -al $tmp_fname | sed -n 's%.*-> \(.*\)%\1%p'`
+		if test -z "$tmp_new_fname"; then
+			echo "Unrecognized ls output" 2>&1
+			exit 1
+		fi
+
+		# Convert relative symlinks
+		case $tmp_new_fname in
+			/*) tmp_fname="$tmp_new_fname"
+			;;
+			*) tmp_fname="`echo $tmp_fname | sed 's%/[^/]*$%%'`/$tmp_new_fname"
+			;;
+		esac
+	done
+	echo "$tmp_fname"
+}
+
 # Usage: find_device file
 # Find block device on which the file resides.
 find_device () {
@@ -193,20 +216,8 @@ find_device () {
 	exit 1
     fi
 
-    # Resolve symlinks
-    while test -L $tmp_fname; do
-	tmp_new_fname=`ls -al $tmp_fname | sed -n 's%.*-> \(.*\)%\1%p'`
-	if test -z "$tmp_new_fname"; then
-	    echo "Unrecognized ls output" 2>&1
-	    exit 1
-	fi
+	tmp_fname=`resolve_symlink $tmp_fname`
 
-	# Convert relative symlinks
-	case $tmp_new_fname in
-	    /*) tmp_fname="$tmp_new_fname" ;;
-	    *) tmp_fname="`echo $tmp_fname | sed 's%/[^/]*$%%'`/$tmp_new_fname" ;;
-	esac
-    done
     echo "$tmp_fname"
 }
 
@@ -338,6 +349,7 @@ fi
 # Check for INSTALL_DEVICE.
 case "$install_device" in
 /dev/*)
+    install_device=`resolve_symlink "$install_device"`
     install_drive=`convert "$install_device"`
     # I don't know why, but some shells wouldn't die if exit is
     # called in a function.