diff -ur grub-2.02-beta3.orig/util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in grub-2.02-beta3/util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in
--- grub-2.02-beta3.orig/util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in	2016-03-21 07:43:35.000000000 +0000
+++ grub-2.02-beta3/util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in	2016-03-21 07:53:53.176768000 +0000
@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@
 
 grub_file_is_not_garbage ()
 {
+  if test -L "$1" ; then
+    return 1
+  fi
   if test -f "$1" ; then
     case "$1" in
       *.dpkg-*) return 1 ;; # debian dpkg