Bug#328424: linux-image-2.6.12-1-k7: does not update grub/menu.lst
On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 08:54:19PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 12:33:03PM -0600, dann frazier wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 20:10 +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 11:54:29AM -0600, dann frazier wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 11:31 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > > > > Am Donnerstag, 15. September 2005 10:41 schrieb Norbert Tretkowski:
> > > > > > Have you tried to run 'update-grub' by hand?
> > > > >
> > > > > OK, that worked, but it seems the package should do that automatically.
> > > >
> > > > The following lines in /etc/kernel-img.conf will make that happen:
> > > >
> > > > postinst_hook = /sbin/update-grub
> > > > postrm_hook = /sbin/update-grub
> > > >
> > > > d-i should insure that those lines are added if you choose grub as your
> > > > bootloader. If you switch to grub later, you need to modify this file by
> > > > hand. This is described in /usr/share/doc/grub/README.Debian.gz.
> > >
> > > Maybe the grub package should follow the example of mkvmlinuz, and provide a
> > > script in /etc/kernel/post(inst|rm).d/grub
> >
> > As long as it is smart enough to know that grub is the active
> > bootloader, it sounds like a good idea. When migrating from LILO, for
> > example, you'd want both installed while you configured grub. Maybe
> > provide the mkvmlinuz code as a patch for #271269?
> >
>
> No, the idea is to have the user chose which bootloader he wants to install,
> either lilo, grub, grub2, whatever or none-of-the-above.
>
> Each bootloader packages will provide a virtual bootloader package which can
> then be depended on by the kernel or something, and will add in their postinst
> themselves to the bootloader list, and eventually ask the user which he want
> to be the default or something such.
>
> the /etc/kernel/postinst.d script, provided by each bootloader, will check
> if they are the default, and if they are install the kernel in it or
> something.
Will it add itself into /etc/kernel-img.conf as required?
--
Horms
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