--- grub-2.00/util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in~	2013-04-15 00:03:09.102253190 +0200
+++ grub-2.00/util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in	2013-04-15 00:54:39.189605003 +0200
@@ -174,6 +174,9 @@
 
 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