ubuntu includes btrfs, but does not support it

[ill]

btrfs has been a choosable filesystem for a while now, but has been unusable due to ubuntu refusing to include support for it in grub2. Every time a user tries to boot into a btrfs filesystem, they get a sparse file not allowed error. This bug has been known and easily fixable for a while, but ubuntu refuses to properly support btrfs.

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[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

No easy *and correct* fix is known at this time, only workarounds that break other things.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.