Re: Grub 1.5 error after update
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On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:21:16 +0200
Ole Toft Jensen <ole@24gold.dk> wrote:
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> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 05:58:51PM +0200, thveillon.debian wrote:
> > > Frank wrote:
> > > On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:27:09 +0200
> > >> "thveillon.debian" <thveillon.debian@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > >> Obviously grub-pc is not ready for primetime yet. On the update it
> > >>> did on my machine, it failed to pick up the Ubuntu installation on
> > >>> another partition. How did it get migrated to Squeeze ?
> > >>>
> > >> The package "os-prober" is taking care of other OS detection, it's
> > >> "recommended" but not automatically installed.
> > >
> > > Does that mean maintainers assume you only have one installation ?
> >
> > I can't read their minds, but it sure seems that installing os-prober as
> > a dependency would do no harm to "single-booting" systems, and would
> > save some trouble to "multi-booting" users. Maybe there's already a
> > "whishlist" bug opened about it ?
> >
> The default behavior of aptitude and apt-get these days at least in sid
> and testing is to install Recommends automatically, so the user must
> have made a concious choice not to install os-prober or not to install
> Recommends packages by default.
>
The "user" did not make a "conscious" choice not to install it - I (the "user")
was never offered a choice to install or not to install.
If it's the default behavior of aptitude to install recommends then something else
must have happened. It wouldn't be the first time.
- --
Frank
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