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Re: Bug#239627: mails stupid debconf note to user when lilo is installed in d-i



Andrés Roldán wrote:
> If you look into the lilo.config file on debian directory of the lilo 
> source, you will notice that this warning is being displayed because there 
> is a file called /boot/boot.b being either a symbolic link or a normal 
> file. Those files were used by lilo prior to 22.3.3 versions and you
> _really_ need to rerun lilo if you are upgrading from such lower versions.
> This is the case when upgrading from woody to sarge. That's why this 
> debconf note is there. 
> 
> The question is, why are those files there when installing a new system? 
> Newer versions of lilo don't create that file. If lilo-installer is 
> creating it, I'd really want to know why.

Could it have anything to do with the lilo.conf file having
install=/boot/boot.b in it?

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