Re: Bug#239627: mails stupid debconf note to user when lilo is installed in d-i
Joey Hess wrote:
> 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?
Probably. It shouldn't; it shouldn't really have any "install=" line at all
by default, for a current version -- or "install=menu", which is much like
the default -- or "install=bmp", which is correct if there's a "bitmap="
option in the file.
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