Re: Bug#109833: postinst could offer to run lilo
On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 10:27:48PM +0200, Yann Dirson wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 02:12:49AM +0200, chr.ohm@gmx.net wrote:
> > Package: memtest86
> > Version: 2.6-1
> > Severity: wishlist
> >
> > hi.
> >
> > when installing memtest86, the postinst could grep /etc/lilo.conf for
> > /boot/memtest86.bin and, if found, offer to run lilo.
> > just an idea.
>
> Right. Probably other booloaders could be handled as well. Such a
> mechanism is already implemented by kernel-package, I don't know how easy it
> could be reused. Maybe this could be turned into a somewhat generic API to
> bootloaders.
>
> How do others feel ?
No. SILO itself doesn't not need to be rerun when installing new
kernels. It's not like LILO, and all boot loaders are different.
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