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* .bzrignore: Add grub-core/gnulib/sys, widthspec.bin, and

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* docs/grub.texi (Shell-like scripting): Document `!'.
(Network): Simplify using new i386-pc-pxe format.  Mention
grub-mknetdir.
* NEWS: Update.
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@ -1264,7 +1264,9 @@ and terminated by a semicolon or a newline. The first word specifies the
command to be executed. The remaining words are passed as arguments to the
invoked command.
The return value of a simple command is its exit status.
The return value of a simple command is its exit status. If the reserved
word @code{!} precedes the command, then the return value is instead the
logical negation of the command's exit status.
@heading Compound commands
@ -1796,8 +1798,7 @@ To generate a PXE boot image, run:
@example
@group
grub-mkimage --format=i386-pc --output=core.img --prefix='(pxe)/boot/grub' pxe pxecmd
cat /boot/grub/pxeboot.img core.img >grub.pxe
grub-mkimage --format=i386-pc-pxe --output=grub.pxe --prefix='(pxe)/boot/grub' pxe pxecmd
@end group
@end example
@ -1807,6 +1808,9 @@ accessible via the @file{/boot/grub/} path from the TFTP server root. Set
the DHCP server configuration to offer @file{grub.pxe} as the boot file (the
@samp{filename} option in ISC dhcpd).
You can also use the @command{grub-mknetdir} utility to generate an image
and a GRUB directory tree, rather than copying files around manually.
After GRUB has started, files on the TFTP server will be accessible via the
@samp{(pxe)} device.