Bug#361270: Upgrade of initramfs-tools made kernel unbootable with lilo

[David Jarvie <djarvie@astrojar.org.uk>]

On Friday 07 April 2006 20:30, maximilian attems wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 08:51:12PM +0100, David Jarvie wrote:
>
> if grub is around lilo isn't run.
> if you really want lilo remove grub from your system and
> update-initramfs will call lilo.
>
> ...
>
> i'll document the fact that if you use lilo you shouldn't have grub
> around in README.Debian.

If both lilo and grub are installed, I can understand not running lilo 
automatically, but surely there should at the very least be a warning prompt 
about the possible need to run lilo. (And I mean a prompt requiring a 
response, so that it can't be overlooked when you're doing a bit upgrade of 
the system.) Essentially, if lilo is installed, make sure the upgrader knows 
that the system might not boot without further action.

The same issue has hit me more than once recently - not just with 
initramfs-tools upgrades. A mere warning in README.Debian isn't enough given 
that it could make a system unbootable.

Regards,
David.